Table 1 The number of identified plant categories (PCat) in total and mean per sample, and the number of unique plant categories and proportion of exclusive plant categories found in rumen samples by macroscopy for each of the seven moose populations (MMA) included in this study.

From: Varied diets, including broadleaved forage, are important for a large herbivore species inhabiting highly modified landscapes

Diet type, MMA

Mean calf BM

N

% low-weight

PCat

Mean PCat/ sample

Nb unique PCat

% Excl PCat

Name of unique PCat (n)

“Broadleaf diet”

B

64.8

47

4.5

32

8.2

4

9%

Avena sp. (1)

S. tuberosum (1)

C. avellana (1)

F. sylvatica (1)

D

60.0

67

25.9

29

8.1

1

2%

Larix sp. (1)

E

59.8

42

19.4

27

8.5

2

5%

S. aucuparia (1)

Rosa sp. (1)

F

59.7

29

16.7

22

6.8

1

2%

L. xylosteum (1)

“Shrubs and sugar diet”

G

54.9

46

40.0

29

8.6

3

7%

V. oxycoccus (1)

Apiaceae flower (1)

D. carota (6)

“Conifer diet”

C

52.3

36

40.9

22

6.8

0

0%

 

A

51.6

35

47.4

25

6.2

0

0%

 

All

 

302

 

44

 

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  1. The MMAs are sorted according to their mean calf body mass (BM, in kg) and diet type according to Fig. 4. The names of the unique plant categories are listed, indicating (in bracket) how many rumen samples they were found in. The proportion exclusive plant categories are defined as plant categories not found elsewhere as a percentage of the study total (44 plant categories). N = number of rumen samples (moose of all ages). Also listed is the percent of low-weight calves, i.e. calves with BM < 0.5 SD from the mean BM across all populations (i.e. < 51.9 kg dressed carcass).
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