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Trends in the moose—forest system in Fennoscandia, with special reference to Sweden

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Conservation of Faunal Diversity in Forested Landscapes

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Few free-living game species have been so intensively managed on a countrywide scale as the moose (Alces alces) in Fennoscandia. The spectacular increase in moose densities in the 1970s and early 1980s created not only increased hunting opportunities and an expanded commercial market for moose meat, but also negative consequences such as damage to commercial forests (Lavsund, 1987) and a high incidence of moose-related traffic accidents (Lavsund and Sandegren, 1991). During the 1980s approximately 1.5 million moose were killed in Sweden. In 1991, when populations were still high, approximately 200 000 moose were harvested in Fennoscandia, which probably exceeds the total legal harvest in North America and former Soviet Union (Bisset, 1987; Bluzma, 1987; Kelsall, 1987).

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  1. USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experimental Station, University of Massachusetts, 01003-4210, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

    Richard M. DeGraaf

  2. Pioneer Geographic Designs, PO Box 805, 01060, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA

    Ronald I. Miller (Senior Associate) (Senior Associate)

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Cederlund, G., Bergström, R. (1996). Trends in the moose—forest system in Fennoscandia, with special reference to Sweden. In: DeGraaf, R.M., Miller, R.I. (eds) Conservation of Faunal Diversity in Forested Landscapes. Conservation Biology, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1521-3_10

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