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dc.contributor.authorPedersen, Simen
dc.contributor.authorPedersen, Hans Christian
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-05T11:36:15Z
dc.date.available2022-05-05T11:36:15Z
dc.date.created2021-09-08T15:30:01Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationAnimals. 2021, 11 (9), .en_US
dc.identifier.issn2076-2615
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2994362
dc.description.abstractMountain hares (Lepus timidus) in Scandinavia are classified as Near Threatened in the Norwegian and Swedish Redlists. This is due to a possible population decline witnessed during the last decades in Scandinavia. Competition between large herbivores and mountain hares is one of several hypotheses that has been put forward to explain this decline. In a cafeteria trial we investigate the effects of previous moose (Alces alces) winter browsing on the food selection (i.e., biomass consumed, bites per minute and bitediameter) of downy birch (Betula pubescens) and goat willow (Salix caprea) by captive mountain hares. We find that mountain hares do not differentiate among previous browsing levels of downy birch, but have larger bite diameters of goat willow earlier browsed by moose, compared to non-browsed plants. Thus, effects of moose on mountain hare winter food quality seem to be limited. We highlight the need for studies focusing on (1) qualitative effects of moose browsing using wild mountain hares in a natural experimental design, and (2) quantitative effects of moose browsing on available mountain hare forage at a landscape scale during winteren_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectbrowsingen_US
dc.subjectcafeteria testen_US
dc.subjectlarge herbivoreen_US
dc.subjecthind gut fermenteren_US
dc.subjectruminanten_US
dc.subjectlagomorphen_US
dc.subjectcerviden_US
dc.titleExploitative Competition between Mountain Hare and Moose—Qualitative Effects on Hare Winter Forage?en_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Zoology and botany: 480en_US
dc.source.pagenumber8en_US
dc.source.volume11en_US
dc.source.journalAnimalsen_US
dc.source.issue9en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ani11092638
dc.identifier.cristin1932545
dc.relation.projectEgen institusjon: HINNen_US
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