ARCTIC Food Selection during Early Lactation by Caribou Calving on the Tundra in Quebec

• Main Authors: Michel Crgte, Jean Huot, Line Gauthier
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: Arctic; Rivière aux Feuilles; Rivière George; Tundra
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.564.1580; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic43-1-60.pdf

compare vegetation composition. Lichens occupied more than 50 % of the ground cover at Rivière aux Feuilles, whereas mosses, bare soil, and graminoids prevailed at Rivière George. Shrubs were more abundant on Rivière aux Feuilles, but the difference was not significant. Plant cover was similar wheth...