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Is summer food intake a limiting factor for boreal browsers? Diet, temperature, and reproduction as drivers of consumption in female moose

Food intake may limit the ability of browsing mammals to gain body mass during the growing season when the leaves and stems of woody plants are most abundant. Moose are highly productive browsers with high demands for energy and nutrients, particularly during lactation. Using an indigestible marker,...

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Autores principales: Shively, Rachel D., Crouse, John A., Thompson, Dan P., Barboza, Perry S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6785127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31596894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223617