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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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för naturvetenskap
2015
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-25865 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-88025-38-8 |