Summer dietary nitrogen availability as a potential bottom-up constraint on moose in south-central Alaska

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1400-1411

  Mcart, Scott H ^a,d   Spalinger, Donald E ^a   Collins, William B ^b   Schoen, Erik R ^c,e   Stevenson, Timothy ^a   Bucho, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Alces alces; Bottom up regulation; Denali National Park; Modeling; Nelchina Basin; Nitrogen; Nutrition; Protein precipitation; Tannin; Top down limitation; Ungulate; Willow

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

BODY MASS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; DIET; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TANNIN; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEER; DIET; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; DEER; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; NITROGEN; POPULATION GROWTH; SEASONS;

ALASKA; DENALI NATIONAL PARK; NELCHINA BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALCES ALCES; SALIX; UNGULATA;

EID: 66149143161     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1435.1     Document Type: Article

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