Winter foraging dynamics of woodland caribou in an artificial landscape
The data suggest that arboreal lichen biomass and/or bite size are primary factors influencing intake rate. Caribou did not increase bite rate to compensate for smaller bite sizes or decreased biomass. Forest management should enhance lichen production to maximize intake rates for woodland caribou.
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| description | The data suggest that arboreal lichen biomass and/or bite size are primary factors influencing intake rate. Caribou did not increase bite rate to compensate for smaller bite sizes or decreased biomass. Forest management should enhance lichen production to maximize intake rates for woodland caribou. |
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| spelling | ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/1247 2025-03-16T15:33:12+00:00 Winter foraging dynamics of woodland caribou in an artificial landscape Rominger, Eric M. Robbins, Charles T. 1996-01-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1247 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.4.1247 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1247/1186 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1247 doi:10.7557/2.16.4.1247 Copyright (c) 2015 Eric M. Rominger, Charles T. Robbins Rangifer; Vol. 16 No. 4: Special Issue No. 9 (1996); 235-236 1890-6729 barren-ground caribou winter forage forage selection arboreal lichen bite size bite rate intake rate info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1996 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.4.1247 2025-02-17T01:25:41Z The data suggest that arboreal lichen biomass and/or bite size are primary factors influencing intake rate. Caribou did not increase bite rate to compensate for smaller bite sizes or decreased biomass. Forest management should enhance lichen production to maximize intake rates for woodland caribou. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Rangifer 16 4 235 |
| spellingShingle | barren-ground caribou winter forage forage selection arboreal lichen bite size bite rate intake rate Rominger, Eric M. Robbins, Charles T. Winter foraging dynamics of woodland caribou in an artificial landscape |
| title | Winter foraging dynamics of woodland caribou in an artificial landscape |
| title_full | Winter foraging dynamics of woodland caribou in an artificial landscape |
| title_fullStr | Winter foraging dynamics of woodland caribou in an artificial landscape |
| title_full_unstemmed | Winter foraging dynamics of woodland caribou in an artificial landscape |
| title_short | Winter foraging dynamics of woodland caribou in an artificial landscape |
| title_sort | winter foraging dynamics of woodland caribou in an artificial landscape |
| topic | barren-ground caribou winter forage forage selection arboreal lichen bite size bite rate intake rate |
| topic_facet | barren-ground caribou winter forage forage selection arboreal lichen bite size bite rate intake rate |
| url | https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1247 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.4.1247 |