Chemical elements in mineral licks and associated muskoxen feces in Jameson Land, northeast Greenland

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Klein, David R., Thing, Henning
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1989
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Greenland; Jameson Land; ovibos moschatus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z89-154; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z89-154

Chemical analyses of soil from several mineral licks used by muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) showed consistently higher content of sodium than did soil outside the lick sites. Other minerals were more variable in their distribution in the samples, although potassium, magnesium, and iron were often subst...