Division of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) Publication Details

Nutritional quality of willows for moose: Effects of twig age and diameter

• Reference: Spaeth, D. F., R. T. Bowyer, T. R. Stephenson, P. S. Barboza, and V. Van Ballenberghe. 2002. Nutritional quality of willows for moose: Effects of twig age and diameter. Alces 38:143-154. https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/home/library/pdfs/wildlife/research_pdfs/alces/6042.pdf
• Audiences: Wildlife Manager
• Authors: Perry S. Barboza, R. Terry Bowyer, Douglas F. Spaeth, Thomas R. Stephenson, Victor Van Ballenberghe
• Grants:
• GMUs or Areas: 15
• Keywords: moose, Alces alces, digestibility, digestible energy, Kenai Peninsula, nitrogen, nutrition, Salix barclayi, strucutral carbohydrates, tannin, twig age, twig diameter, willows
• Link: https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/home/library/pdfs/wildlife/research_pdfs/alces/6042.pdf (PDF)
• Partners: U.S. Forest Service, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
• Primary Authors: Douglas F. Spaeth
• Programs: Kenai Moose Research Center
• Project Numbers:
• Publication Types: Journal Article/External Publication
• Regions: Region II - Southcentral Alaska, Statewide
• Species: Moose
• Species Categories: Big Game, Mammals, Ungulates
• Title: Nutritional quality of willows for moose: Effects of twig age and diameter
• Topics: Disease, Health, and Nutrition, Research, Diet
• Year: 2002

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