Does seasonal variation in forage quality influence the potential for resource competition between muskoxen and Peary caribou on Banks Island?

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Nicholas C. Larter, John A. Nagy, David S. Hik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2002
• Subjects: arctic; digestibility; energy; fibre; lignin; nitrogen; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Arctic; Peary; Banks Island; Carex aquatilis; caribou; Rangifer
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.22.2.1533; https://doaj.org/article/d39257a0a0054f9cba8bc9617e8db86b

Inter- and intra-annual variation in forage quality may influence population dynamics of Peary caribou and muskoxen on Banks Island. From 1993 to 1998 we collected 300 composite samples of sedge (Carex aquatilis and Carex spp.), willow (Salix arctica), legume (Oxytropis spp. and Astragalus spp.), an...