The Nutritional Balancing Act of a Large Herbivore: An Experiment with Captive Moose (Alces alces L)
Fig 2
Mean intake of pellets (diamonds, y1) and browse (bars, y2) by adult moose; for each of the five experimental phases (high protein (H), low protein (L), Buffet 1, Post H buffet, Post L buffet).
Variation among days and individuals is indicated by ± 1 SE. Intake of browse during no-choice treatments (H and L) is indicated with dark grey bars and compared to browse intake during buffets (light grey bars); statistical results regarding browse are indicated by letters within bars (see also Table 4). Values at bottom of bars show the percentage of the browse intake that was made up by fine twigs, the remainder being coarse twigs and bark.