Appendix A. Environmental and population characteristics recorded during the study period, 1991–2003, for 14 Norwegian moose populations.
| Regiona | Hedmark | Oppland | Vestfold | Nord- Trøndelag | Nordland | Troms | ||||||||
| Municipality no.b | 425 | 426 | 501 | 516 | 522 | 538 | 709 | 728 | 811 | 1714 | 1824 | 1825 | 1826 | 1922 |
| Latitude (°N) | 60.5 | 60.6 | 61.1 | 61.5 | 61.2 | 60.9 | 59.0 | 59.3 | 59.3 | 63.3 | 65.8 | 65.3 | 65.3 | 68.6 |
| Altitude (m) | 325 | 380 | 581 | 895 | 828 | 682 | 94 | 284 | 330 | 298 | 315 | 425 | 562 | 468 |
| Adjusted altitude | 0.33 | 0.38 | 0.53 | 0.81 | 0.75 | 0.62 | 0.12 | 0.36 | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.53 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.67 |
| Population density (moose harvested/km2) | 0.47 | 0.51 | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.62 | 1.11 | 0.68 | 0.54 | 0.21 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.23 |
| Relative population density | -0.01 | 0.15 | -0.18 | 0.01 | -0.004 | -0.11 | 0.02 | 0.51 | 0.14 | 0.19 | -0.04 | -0.10 | -0.12 | 0.03 |
| Sex-ratio (male/female) | 0.65 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.31 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.40 | 0.37 |
| Winter temperature (°C) | -4.8 | -4.8 | -6.7 | -7.6 | -7.6 | -6.7 | -1.7 | -5.1 | -5.1 | -1.0 | -1.7 | -3.7 | -3.7 | -7.4 |
| Snow depth (cm) | 20.9 | 20.9 | 43.8 | 49.3 | 49.3 | 43.8 | 9.1 | 45.8 | 45.8 | 20.5 | 25.3 | 69.2 | 69.2 | 47.8 |
| Phenologyc | ||||||||||||||
| Onset of spring | 19.1 | 19.5 | 21.2 | 22.1 | 22.1 | 21.2 | 19.1 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 20.9 | 23.2 | 24.1 | 24.7 | 24.8 |
| Onset of autumn | 40.8 | 40.2 | 40.2 | 39.4 | 39.5 | 40.1 | 39.9 | 40.0 | 40.6 | 40.3 | 39.5 | 39.4 | 39.5 | 38.8 |
| Lenght of growing season | 21.7 | 20.7 | 19.0 | 17.3 | 17.5 | 18.9 | 20.8 | 20.3 | 20.8 | 19.4 | 16.2 | 15.2 | 14.7 | 14.0 |
| Peak time | 29.7 | 29.4 | 29.7 | 30.1 | 30.2 | 29.5 | 27.1 | 27.6 | 27.9 | 30.0 | 31.1 | 32.1 | 31.9 | 31.3 |
| Peak value | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.66 | 0.73 | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.76 | 0.70 | 0.66 | 0.69 | 0.60 |
| Length of spring | 10.6 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 6.5 |
| Derived spring NDVI | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.12 |
| Integrated NDVI | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Seasonality index | -2.2 | -1.6 | -0.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | -0.5 | -2.5 | -2.4 | -2.7 | -0.9 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.9 |