Winter browsing by moose and hares in subarctic birch forest : Scale dependency and responses to food addition

Despite their difference in body size and morphology, the moose (Alces alces) andthe mountain hare (Lepus timidus) sustain themselves during winter on similar plantspecies and plant parts in in subarctic environments, namely apical twigs ofmountain birch (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii). Herbivo...

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Main Author: Öhmark, Sara
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för naturvetenskap 2015
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