- Alces (journal)
Infobox Journal
title = Alces
editor =
discipline = Biology and management ofMoose
language = English
publisher =Lakehead University
country = CA
frequency =Annual
history = 1963 to present
website = http://bolt.lakeheadu.ca/~alceswww/
ISSN = 0835-5851Alces is a
peer-review edscientific journal that publishes original papers on the biology and management ofmoose ("Alces alces") throughout theircircumpolar distribution, as well as otherungulate orcarnivore species that overlap their range. [Quoted from the Journal's web site.] It has been editedin published inLakehead University (Thunder Bay,Ontario ) since 1978. A one volume per year is published; a volume hasone or sometimes two issues, with occasional supplements.The history of the "Alces" journal is connected with the North American Moose Conference and Workshop, whose Annual Meetings have taken placesince 1963. From the early days, a summary of the events was produced for each meeting in mimeographed form. Since the Fifth meeting of the conference in
Alaska in 1968, formal publication of conference proceedings started, becoming regular annual issues since 1972. These proceedings are considered the predecessor of the "Alces" journal, and are including in the numbering of its volumes. The name "Alces" was adapted for the journal in 1981 (volume 17)."Alces" has also had special issues for several of the International Moose Symposia. While the materials of the First International Moose Symposium (
Québec City , 1973) and Second International Moose Symposium (Uppsala , 1984) appeared in other journals, the proceedings of the Third (Syktyvkar , 1990), Fourth (Fairbanks , 1997) and Fifth (Øyer ,Norway ) International Moose Symposia appeared as supplements or special issues of "Alces".While the majority of the articles in "Alces" still originate from conference papers, an increasing proportion of the manuscripts are submitted directly to the journal by researchers in
Canada ,USA ,Norway ,Sweden ,Finland ,Germany ,Russia , andChina .The first permanent editor of "Alces" (from 1978 to 1982) was Harold Cumming of the Lakehead University School of Forestry.A number of Canadian and US scientists have edited the journal since then; as of 2006, the co-editors are Art Rodgers and Gerry Redmond (
Maritime College of Forest Technology ,Fredericton ,New Brunswick ).Footnotes
External links
* [http://bolt.lakeheadu.ca/~alceswww/ "Alces"] , the journal's own site.
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