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dc.contributor.authorSpitzer, Robert
dc.contributor.authorCoissac, Eric
dc.contributor.authorCromsigt, Joris P. G. M.
dc.contributor.authorFelton, Annika M.
dc.contributor.authorFohringer, Christian
dc.contributor.authorLandman, Marietjie
dc.contributor.authorNeumann, Wiebke
dc.contributor.authorRaubenheimer, David
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Navinder
dc.contributor.authorTaberlet, Pierre Robert Michel
dc.contributor.authorWidemo, Fredrik
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-24T07:53:42Z
dc.date.available2023-08-24T07:53:42Z
dc.date.issued2023-02-08
dc.description.abstract<ol> <li>Differences in botanical diet compositions among a large number of moose faecal samples collected during winter correlated with the nutritional differences identified in the same samples (Mantel-r = 0.89, p = 0.001), but the nutritional differences were significantly smaller (p < 0.001).</li> <li>Nutritional geometry revealed that moose mixed Scots pine Pinus sylvestris and Vaccinium spp. as nutritionally complementary foods to reach a nutritional target resembling Salix spp. twigs, and selected for Salix spp. browse (Jacob's D > 0).</li> <li>Available protein (AP) and total non-structural carbohydrates (TNC) were significantly correlated in observed diets but not in hypothetical diets based on food availability.</li> <li>The level of Acetoacetate in moose serum (i.e. ‘starvation’) was weakly negatively associated with digestibility of diets (p = 0.08) and unrelated to increasing AP:TNC and AP:NDF ratios in diets (p > 0.1).</li> <li>Our study is the first to demonstrate complementary feeding in free-ranging moose to attain a nutritional target that has previously been suggested in a feeding trial with captive moose. Our results add support to the hypothesis of nutritional balancing as a driver in the nutritional strategy of moose with implications for both the management of moose and food resources.</li> </ol>en_US
dc.identifier.citationSpitzer, Coissac, Cromsigt, Felton, Fohringer, Landman, Neumann, Raubenheimer, Singh, Taberlet, Widemo. Macro-nutritional balancing in a circumpolar boreal ruminant under winter conditions. Functional Ecology. 2023;37(5):1256-1268
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2152741
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1365-2435.14296
dc.identifier.issn0269-8463
dc.identifier.issn1365-2435
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/30287
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.journalFunctional Ecology
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)en_US
dc.titleMacro-nutritional balancing in a circumpolar boreal ruminant under winter conditionsen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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