Table 1 Comparison between years of mean dietary quality and functional group abundance in diet.
From: Seasonal patterns of bison diet across climate gradients in North America
Metric | Month | 2018 | 2019 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
[CP] | June | 93.57 ± 3.21 | 113.25 ± 3.33 |  < 0.001 |
September | 80.45 ± 4.73 | 80.61 ± 4.51 | 0.98 | |
[DOM] | June | 617.6 ± 3.7 | 630.21 ± 3.41 | 0.014 |
September | 591.71 ± 4.36 | 585.09 ± 4.19 | 0.281 | |
[DOM]: [CP] | June | 6.9 ± 0.22 | 5.79 ± 0.19 |  < 0.001 |
September | 8.73 ± 0.56 | 8.08 ± 0.4 | 0.361 | |
Cool-season graminoid | June | 30.07 ± 3.91 | 32.52 ± 4.42 | 0.68 |
September | 26.02 ± 3.45 | 15.8 ± 2.77 | 0.027 | |
Warm-season grass | June | 11.97 ± 2.08 | 10.29 ± 2.16 | 0.576 |
September | 30.24 ± 4.16 | 16.21 ± 2.94 | 0.009 | |
Legume | June | 32.94 ± 4.77 | 27.59 ± 4.54 | 0.418 |
September | 24.61 ± 3.46 | 45.63 ± 5.12 |  < 0.001 | |
Forb | June | 20.85 ± 3.72 | 27.65 ± 3.52 | 0.187 |
September | 16.68 ± 2.6 | 21.32 ± 3.46 | 0.277 | |
Woody species | June | 4.17 ± 1.65 | 1.95 ± 0.54 | 0.192 |
September | 2.45 ± 1.03 | 1.05 ± 0.75 | 0.288 |