Linking behavior to diet in Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) by use of DNA metabarcoding and GPS-telemetry

• Main Author: Karbø, Asbjørn Kvam
• Other Authors: Loe, Leif Egil
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2019
• Subjects: OFT; Optimal Foraging Theory; C:N ratio; Herbivores; Svalbard; Norway; Finn; Sommaren; Simler; Rangifer tarandus; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus; Reinsdyr; svalbard reindeer; Svalbardrein
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2612269

Optimal foraging theory (OFT) provides a framework to link diet quality to behaviour for animals, usually for species where each food items compose a substantial part of the daily energy need, like carnivores or insectivorous birds. Herbivores live in an environment where food usually is abundant an...