Seasonal and annual variability in the quality of important forage plants on Banks Island, Canadian High Arctic

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 115-128

  Larter, N C ^a   Nagy, J A ^a  

^a Department of Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crude protein; Digestibility; Energy; Fibre; Lignin; Muskoxen; Nitrogen; Peary caribou

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS; CAREX AQUATILIS; CASSIOPE TETRAGONA; DRYAS INTEGRIFOLIA; OXYTROPIS; SALIX ARCTICA; SAXIFRAGA;

EID: 0034947566     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2001.tb00242.x     Document Type: Article

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