• Coprophagy in moose: A first observation 

      Spitzer, Robert; Åström, Cecilia; Felton, Annika M.; Eriksson, Monica; Meisingset, Erling L.; Solberg, Erling Johan; Rolandsen, Christer Moe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-01-06)
      Coprophagy, the eating of feces, has been documented in a wide range of species but appears to be rare or difficult to detect in deer (Cervidae). Here, we report the first observation of coprophagy in moose Alces alces, ...
    • Erfarenheter från Norge och Sverige Vad är ett bra älgfoder? 

      Wam, Hilde Karine; Felton, Annika M.; Hjeljord, Olav (NIBIO-pop;8(9) 2022, Journal article, 2022-03)
      Det första dom flesta tänker på när någon nämner älgbete är RASE. Rön, asp, sälg och ek är de mest eftertraktade betesväxterna för skogens kung i Skandinavien. Men de är ofta bara en liten del av den typiska älgdieten. ...
    • Erfaringer fra Norge og Sverige Hva er et godt elgbeite? 

      Wam, Hilde Karine; Felton, Annika M.; Hjeljord, Olav (NIBIO-pop;8(8) 2022, Journal article, 2022-03)
      Det første de fleste tenker på når en nevner elgbeite er ROS. Rogn, osp og selje (og eik i Sverige) er de mest ettertraktede beiteplantene for skogens konge i Skandinavia. De utgjør derimot ofte bare en liten del av den ...
    • Forage availability, supplementary feed and ungulate density: Associations with ungulate damage in pine production forests 

      Felton, Annika M.; Hedwall, Per-Ola; Felton, Adam; Widemo, Fredrik; Wallgren, Märtha; Holmström, Emma; Löfmarck, Erik; Malmsten, Jonas; Wam, Hilde Karine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04-05)
      Populations of large herbivores, including members of the deer family Cervidae, are expanding across and within many regions of the northern hemisphere. Because their browsing on trees can result in economic losses to ...
    • Macronutrient balancing in free-ranging populations of moose 

      Felton, Annika M.; Wam, Hilde Karine; Felton, Adam; Simpson, Stephen J.; Stolter, Caroline; Hedwall, Per-Ola; Malmsten, Jonas; Eriksson, Torsten; Tigabo, Mulualem; Raubenheimer, David (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-15)
      At northern latitudes, large spatial and temporal variation in the nutritional composition of available foods poses challenges to wild herbivores trying to satisfy their nutrient requirements. Studies conducted in mostly ...
    • Moose selecting for specific nutritional composition of birch places limits on food acceptability 

      Wam, Hilde Karine; Felton, Annika M.; Stolter, Caroline; Nybakken, Line; Hjeljord, Olav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-12-20)
      Despite decades of intense research, it remains largely unsolved which nutritional factors underpin food selection by large herbivores in the wild. We measured nutritional composition of birch foliage (Betula pubescens) ...
    • Varied diets, including broadleaved forage, are important for a large herbivore species inhabiting highly modified landscapes 

      Felton, Annika M.; Holmström, Emma; Malmsten, Jonas; Felton, Adam; Cromsigt, Joris P.G.M.; Edenius, Lars; Ericsson, Göran; Widemo, Fredrik; Wam, Hilde K (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02-05)
      Diet quality is an important determinant of animal survival and reproduction, and can be described as the combination of different food items ingested, and their nutritional composition. For large herbivores, human landscape ...