Winter feeding strategies of migrating and nonmigrating moose
We recorded forage and habitat use by radio-collared moose, Alces alces (L.), in southeastern Norway. Migrating and resident moose preferred different habitats during winter. Migrating animals used habitats of lower site quality than did resident animals. Migrating animals also used Scots pine (Pinu...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z93-196 2023-12-17T10:18:02+01:00 Winter feeding strategies of migrating and nonmigrating moose Histøl, Trond Hjeljord, Olav 1993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z93-196 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z93-196 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 71, issue 7, page 1421-1428 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1993 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z93-196 2023-11-19T13:38:33Z We recorded forage and habitat use by radio-collared moose, Alces alces (L.), in southeastern Norway. Migrating and resident moose preferred different habitats during winter. Migrating animals used habitats of lower site quality than did resident animals. Migrating animals also used Scots pine (Pinus silvestris L.) forests more often and had a higher proportion of pine and common birch (Betula pubescens L.) in their diet than did resident animals. Increased browsing pressure from both migrating and resident animals was evident at the end of the winter from an increase in twig diameter at the point of browsing, breakage of stems, heavy browsing of common birch, and more extensive searching for forage. Rebrowsing of previously browsed trees by resident moose and, to a lesser extent, by migrants was recorded during March. Snow depths were similar on the winter ranges of resident and migrating moose. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Norway Canadian Journal of Zoology 71 7 1421 1428 |
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We recorded forage and habitat use by radio-collared moose, Alces alces (L.), in southeastern Norway. Migrating and resident moose preferred different habitats during winter. Migrating animals used habitats of lower site quality than did resident animals. Migrating animals also used Scots pine (Pinus silvestris L.) forests more often and had a higher proportion of pine and common birch (Betula pubescens L.) in their diet than did resident animals. Increased browsing pressure from both migrating and resident animals was evident at the end of the winter from an increase in twig diameter at the point of browsing, breakage of stems, heavy browsing of common birch, and more extensive searching for forage. Rebrowsing of previously browsed trees by resident moose and, to a lesser extent, by migrants was recorded during March. Snow depths were similar on the winter ranges of resident and migrating moose. |
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Winter feeding strategies of migrating and nonmigrating moose |
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