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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME


08:00 - 08:10Opening of the 9th International Moose Symposium
Organizing Committee
08:10 - 08:30Welcome to Östersund, Sweden
Susanna Löfgren, County Director, County Administrative Board
Physiology, Diseases and Genetics
08:30 - 09:10Moose and Winter Ticks in the Northeastern US - A 50 Year Itch…
Pete Pekins, USA
09:10 - 09:2577 Years of Moose Disease Surveillance at the Swedish Veterinary Agency
Erik Ågren, Sweden
09:25 - 09:40Survey of Pathogens Associated with the Respiratory System of Moose (Alces alces) Population in Poland
Katarzyna Filip-Hutsch, Poland
09:40 - 10:10Coffee Break
10:10 - 10:25Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the Nordic Forests – Is That a Problem?
Bjørnar Ytrehus (Presenter)
10:25 - 10:40The Impact of Winter Tick on Moose in Maine and Testing Possible Solutions
Lee Kantar
10:40 - 10:55Trampe the Moose Calf - Causes of Disease and Death in Moose Calves in Norway
Bjørnar Ytrehus
10:55 - 11:10The Development of a Serological Assay for the Detection of Antibodies Against the Arterial Worm (Elaeophora schneideri) in Moose (Alces alces)
Jessie Richards
11:10 - 11:20Short Break
11:20 - 11:35Serological Testing of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis in Moose (Alces alces) from the United States
Richard Gerhold
11:35 - 11:50Parasite and Pathogen Monitoring to Inform and Improve Management of Wild Norwegian Moose
Jaelle C. Brealey
11:50 - 12:05Monitoring of Genetic Diversity in Moose with New Indicators
Linda Laikre
12:05 - 13:00Lunch
Diet and Habitat Choice, Food Availability and Climate Impact
13:00 - 13:40Diet, Nutrition and Fitness of Scandinavian Moose in a Changing Climate
Annika M. Felton
13:40 - 13:55Long-Term Decline in Norwegian Moose Calf Weights
Alina L. Evans
13:55 - 14:10Impact of Large Environmental Changes on Eurasian Moose Population Since the Late Pleistocene
Magdalena Niedzialkowska
14:10 - 14:25Hot Moose Summer: Behavioral Response of Wild Moose to Ambient Temperature and Heat Stress in Minnesota Summers
Michelle Carstensen
14:25 - 14:55Coffee Break
14:55 - 15:10Habitat Selection by Moose in Northeast Minnesota, USA: A Warming Environment
Deahn Donner
15:10 - 15:25Habitat Selection of Moose at the Southwestern Edge of Their European Range
Tomasz Borowik
15:25 - 15:40Influence of Landscape Composition and Structure on Habitat Selection of a Large Herbivore in Managed Forests Along a Latitudinal Gradient
Desirée Guidobaldi Stenbacka
15:40 - 15:55Using Biologging Technology to Study Moose Behavioral Responses to and Energetic Consequences of Human Disturbance
Theresa M. Kirchner
15:55 - 16:10Calving Timing and Space Use by Moose in Eeyou Istchee, Northern Quebec, Canada
Mikaela Borgeaud LeBlanc
16:10 - 16:15Flash Talk: Seasonal Variation in Moose Habitat Selection in a Northern Ontario Population
Alexander Hamish Bezzina
16:15 - 16:20Flash Talk: Winter Browsing by Moose (Alces alces) in a Forested Mountainous Landscape of West–Central Sweden
Ella J. Hambeson
16:20 - 16:25Flash Talk: Impacts of Forest Management Decisions on Ericaceous Shrub Forage Availability for Moose
Adam Felton
16:25 - 16:40Break
Interactions - Predators, Other Ungulates and Traffic
16:40 - 17:20Long Term Monitoring of Moose on the Island of Vega
Erling Solberg
17:20 - 17:35Direct and Indirect Effects on Moose of Wolf Return to Scandinavia
Håkan Sand
17:35 - 17:50Moose Harvest in Relation to Wolf Territory Density – Changes Over Time
Camilla Wikenros
17:50 - 18:05Hiding Among Your Competitors: Predator Preference as a Prey Shield
Brendan Carswell
18:05 - 18:20Re-evaluating the Role of Density Dependence in Limiting Population Growth of Moose
Brent A. Patterson
19:30 - 21:00Dinner

Wednesday, 25th of June

Continued... Interactions - Predators, Other Ungulates and Traffic
08:00 - 08:05Morning Recap
Organizing Committee
08:05 - 08:20The Role of Experience – Can a Calf Loss Induce Learning Effects in Female Moose?
Wiebke Neumann
08:20 - 08:35Should I Stay or Should I Go? Moose Behavioural Responses to Hunting Risk and Hunting Dogs
Giorgia Ausilio
08:35 - 08:50High-Tech Herbivore: Unlocking Moose Nutrition with DNA, Cameras, and Chemistry
Robert Spitzer
08:50 - 08:55Flash Talk: Multispecies Interactions in Ljusdal Sweden: Part I Moose
Wiebke Neumann
08:55 - 09:00Flash Talk: Multispecies Interactions in Ljusdal Sweden: Part II Brown Bears and Wolves
Aimee Tallian
09:00 - 09:05Flash Talk: Variation in Wolf Predation on Moose in Ontario: Insight into Predatory Limitations on Moose Populations
Dani Freund
09:05 - 09:10Flash Talk: Strategic Use of Camera Traps and AI for Improved Moose Management in Sweden
Lars Hillström
09:10 - 09:15Flash Talk: Temporal Patterns of Moose-Train Collisions in Three Countries – Similarities and Differences
Karolina D. Jasinska
09:15 - 09:20Flash Talk: Predicting the Activity of Moose (Alces alces) at Roadside Mineral Licks (RMLs) in North-Central British Columbia, Canada: Implications for Moose-Vehicle Collisions
Beatrice Penco
09:20 - 09:50Coffee Break
Moose and Forestry
09:50 - 10:30Towards Understanding the Impacts of Industrial Forestry on Moose: A Review and Synthesis
Roy V. Rea
10:30 - 10:45Investigating the Interaction Between Herbivory and Winter Conditions on Forest Succession
Marguerite Morissette
10:45 - 11:00Seventy-Five Years of Browsing by Moose: Lessons in Forestry from a Model Herbivore
Christer Kalén
11:00 - 11:10Short Break
11:10 - 11:25The Effects of Moose- and Pine Density on Browsing Damages in Sweden
Oskar Franklin
11:25 - 11:40Moose Browsing Effects on Volume Production in Scots Pine
Märtha Wallgren
11:40 - 11:55Modelling the Factors Influencing Moose Damage in Forest Tree Seedlings at Several Scales
Ari Nikula
11:55 - 13:00Lunch
13:00 - 22:00Field Excursion

Thursday, 26th of June

08:00 - 08:05Morning Recap
Organizing Committee
08:05 - 08:20Shrubs, Moose, and Forest Overstory: Understanding the Effects of Stand Characteristics on Essential Forage from Ericaceous Shrubs
Laura Juvany
08:20 - 08:25Flash Talk: Mapping Cervid Forage in Sweden Using Remote Sensing and National Forest Inventory Data
Lukas Graf
Governance, Attitudes, Management and Monitoring
08:25 - 09:05People and Moose in Finland
Vesa Ruusila
09:05 - 09:20The Global Status and Management of Moose
Dave W. Kramer
09:20 - 09:35Indigenous-led Initiatives and Collaboration on Moose in Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation Ancestral Land
Merick Young
09:35 - 10:05Coffee Break
10:05 - 10:20Counteracting Management of a Transboundary Moose Population in Scandinavia
Barbara Zimmerman
10:20 - 10:35Enhancing Moose Acceptance Through Improved Forage Availability
Mikael Wikström
10:35 - 10:40Flash Talk: Can we decrease moose damage only by increasing forage? - forestry's points of views
Ari Nikula
10:40 - 10:55A Retrospective Assessment of Moose Management in Ontario: 40 Years of Selective Harvest
Alan Bisset
10:55 - 11:10Assessing Drivers of 20 Years of Population Decline in Ontario’s Moose
Joseph M. Northrup
11:10 - 11:20Break
11:20 - 11:35Current Status, Research, and Monitoring of Moose in Minnesota, USA
Morgan Swingen
11:35 - 11:40Flash Talk: Latvian Moose Population - Facing the Unknown
Gundega Done
11:40 - 11:45Flash Talk: Assessing Moose Populations in Nunatsiavut: Aerial Surveys and Inuit Knowledge in Co-management Decision-making
Monica Engel
11:45 - 12:00Finding Our Niche: An Overview of Moose Management on Penobscot Nation Tribal Lands
Benjamin Simpson
12:00 - 12:15Counting Moose from the Ground and Air: How Do They Compare?
Alexej P.K. Siren
12:15 - 13:15Lunch
13:15 - 13:30Keeping an Eye on the Moose Population: A Comparative Survey Approach to Assess Hunter Observations as a Monitoring Tool for Ungulate Populations
Laura Saggiomo
13:30 - 13:45Using Statistical Population Reconstruction to Fill Temporal Gaps in Aerial Survey Estimates of Moose Abundance and Demographics
Sergey S. Berg
13:45 - 14:00Moose Population Assessment in Finland
Jyrki Pusenius
14:00 - 14:15Estimating Moose Recruitment in a Protected Area to Support the Quest for Ecological Integrity
Michaël Ouellet
14:15 - 14:20Flash Talk: Efficacy of an Unoccupied Aerial System (UAS) for Large-Scale Population Monitoring of an Unmarked Ungulate Species
Lily Hall
14:20 - 14:25Flash Talk: Assessing Moose Population Demographics in New Hampshire through Camera Trap Analysis
Sarah N. Richard
14:25 - 14:30Flash Talk: Bull Moose Seasonal Distribution: Are Hunters and Biologists Seeing the Same Moose?
Forrest Rosenbower
14:30 - 14:35Flash Talk: Evaluating Infrared Cameras as a Tool for Shiras Moose Classification and Population Estimation
Genevieve E. Fuller
14:35 - 14:40Flash Talk: Using Public-Sourced Photos to Track Changes in Moose Antler Size During a 20-Year Hunting Ban
Rafal Kowalczyk
14:40 - 15:10Coffee Break
16:00 - 18:00

Posters


Aimee Tallian, Norway -Multispecies Interactions in Ljusdal Sweden: Part II Brown Bears and Wolves

Alexander H. Bezzina, Canada -Seasonal variation in moose habitat selection in a Northern Ontario population

Beatrice Penco, Italy -Predicting the activity of moose (Alces alces) at Roadside Mineral Licks (RMLs) in north-central British Columbia, Canada: Implications for Moose-Vehicle Collisions

Bruno Esattore, Sweden -What are you doing today? Hidden Markov Models give insights into moose behaviour

Carolin Berndt, Sweden -Determinants of Moose (Alces alces) Calf Weights in Sweden: Regional Patterns and Temporal Trends

Dani Freund, Canada -Variation in wolf predation on moose in Ontario: insight into predatory limitations on moose populations

Eliane Grant, Canada -A mixed-methods approach to documenting first nations wetland perceptions in eeyou istchee james bay

Ella J. Hambeson, Sweden -Winter browsing by moose (Alces alces) in a forested mountainous landscape of west–central Sweden

Forrest Rosenbower, USA -Bull Moose Seasonal Distribution: Are hunters and biologists seeing the same moose?

Frida Linder, Sweden -Spectral properties of moose dung pellet piles – first results of a pilot study aiming to detect dung piles in multispectral drone images

Genevieve E. Fuller, USA -Evaluating Infrared Cameras as a Tool for Shiras Moose Classification and Population Estimation

Gundega Done, Latvia -Latvian moose population - facing the unknown

Heather Tanner, Canada -Weaving Knowledge Systems to Co-develop an Indigenous-led Moose Monitoring Plan

Jyrki Pusenius, Finland -Factors associated with calf body mass and recruitment in Finland

Karan Mitra, Sweden -Cloud-based AI Pipeline for Moose Damage Identification and Mitigation in Swedish and Finnish Forests

Karolina D. Jasinska, Poland -Temporal patterns of moose-train collisions in three countries – similarities and differences

Karolina D. Jasinska, Poland -Global patterns of Moose-Vehicle Collisions

Katarzyna Filip-Hutsch, Poland -Massive infection of moose (Alces alces) with blood-sucking nematode Ashworthius sidemi

Lily Hall, USA -Efficacy of an Unoccupied Aerial System (UAS) for Large-Scale Population Monitoring of an Unmarked Ungulate Species

Lukas Graf, Sweden -Mapping cervid forage in Sweden using remote sensing and national forest inventory data

Mari S. Lyly, Finland -Promoting protective vests to facilitate hunting with dogs in Finnish wolf territories

Mikaela B. LeBlanc, Canada -Calving Timing and Space Use by Moose in Eeyou Istchee, Northern Quebec, Canada

Monica Engel, Canada -Assessing Moose Populations in Nunatsiavut: Aerial Surveys and Inuit Knowledge in Co-management Decision-making

Rafal Kowalczyk, Poland -Using public-sourced photos to track changes in moose antler size during a 20-year hunting ban

Ron Moen, USA -Modeling Harvest Scenarios for the Northeastern Minnesota Moose Population

Sarah N. Richard, USA -Assessing Moose Population Demographics in New Hampshire through Camera Trap Analysis

Wiebke Neumann, Sweden -Multispecies Interactions in Ljusdal Sweden: Part I Moose

Alan Bisset, Sweden -Ontario's 2019 Moose Management Review: A Critique
19:00 - 22:00Banquet