Kenai Moose Research Center
A world leader in moose science
Bull/Cow Picture (photo credit ADF&G 2023 Daniel P. Thompson)
Overview of the Kenai Moose Research Center
The Kenai Moose Research Center was established in the 1960’s to gain knowledge of the interrelationships of moose and their environment. Over the last 50 years, ADF&G research staff at the Kenai Moose Research Center have contributed a substantial amount of knowledge for moose ecology and moose management in North America and abroad. The facility has collaborated with researchers and biologists from around the world, contributing to 165 and counting peer reviewed publications, 31 graduate degree programs, and the book “Ecology and Management of the North American Moose”. For a brief history and current research of the Kenai Moose Research Center can be viewed on the ADF&G Winter Webinar Series - Kenai Moose Research Center.
Additional articles about the Kenai Moose Research Center can be found in the Alaska Fish & Wildlife News archives:
- Moose Research in Alaska: Redefining How Moose Respond to Warm Temperatures
- Moose Research: Moose and Their Flying Antagonists
- Alaska's Kenai Moose Research Center: A World Leader in Moose Science
A technique to estimate available moose forage biomass and nutritional quality
Recent publications
- Thompson, D. P., J. A. Crouse, S. Crouse, S. M. Newberry, and B. M. Benedict. 2023. Growth and vital signs of hand-raised moose calves in Alaska. Alces 59:53-57. More details
- Keogh, M. A., D. P. Thompson, and J. A. Crouse. 2023. Tracking reproductive events: Hoof growth and steroid hormone concentrations in hair and hoof tissues in moose (Alces alces). Conservation Physiology 11(1): coad097. More details
- Høy-Petersen, J., L. Lemière, D. P. Thompson, A. Thiel, J. A. Crouse, E. Ropstad, A. R. Græsli, J. M. Arnemo, and A. L. Evans. 2023. Vaginal temperature and collar activity variations in relation to fecal progestagens of captive moose. Animal Biotelemetry 11:36. More details
- Kirchner, T. M., O. Devineau, M. Chimienti, D. P. Thompson, J. Crouse, A. L. Evans, B. Zimmermann, and A. Eriksen. 2023. Predicting moose behaviors from tri-axial accelerometer data using a supervised classification algorithm. Animal Biotelemetry 11:32. More details
- Benedict, B. M., Thompson, D. P., Crouse, J. A., Shults, P. T., Hamer, G. L., and Barboza, P. S. 2023. Salivary cortisol response to flies by moose calves. Alces 59: 1–13. More details
- Addison, E. M., D. P. Thompson, R. F. McLaughlin and D. J. H. Fraser. 2023. Influence of winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) and temperature on recumbent behavior of moose (Alces alces) calves. Canadian Journal of Zoology 101: 317-326. More details
- Benedict, B. M., P. S. Barboza, J. A. Crouse, K. R. Groch, M. R. Kulpa, D. P. Thompson, G. G. Verocai and D. J. Wiener. 2023. Sores of boreal moose reveal a previously unknown genetic lineage of parasitic nematode within the genus Onchocerca. PLoS One 18: 1–14. More details
- McDonough, T. J., D. P. Thompson, J. A. Crouse, B. W. Dale and O. H. Badajos. 2022. Evaluation of impacts of vaginal implant transmitter use in moose. Wildlife Society Bulletin e1378. More details