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Digestibility of forage types by arctic hares

David R. KleinNational Biological Service, Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757020, Fairbanks, Alaska99775–7020, U.S.A.
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Christian BayBotanical Museum, University of Copenhagen, Gothersgade 130, DK-1123Copenhagen, Denmark.
Pages 100-102 | Received 02 Aug 1994, Accepted 15 Nov 1994, Published online: 24 Mar 2016

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  • Iason, G. R. & R. T. Palo, 1991. Effects of birch phenolics on a grazing and a browsing mammal: A comparison of hares. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 17: 1733–1743.
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  • Klein, D. R. & C. Bay, 1994. Resource partitioning by mammalian herbivores in the High Arctic. Oecologia, 97: 439–450.
  • McArthur, C. & G. D. Sanson, 1991. Effects of tannins on digestion in the common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus), a specialized marsupial folivore. Journal of the Zoological Society of London, 225: 233–251.
  • Parker, G. R., 1977. Morphology, reproduction, diet, and behavior of the arctic hare (Lepus arcticus monstrabilis) on Axel Heiberg Island, Northwest Territories. Canadian Field-Naturalist, 91: 8–18.
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  • Thing, H., D. R. Klein, K. Jingfors & S. Holt, 1987. Ecology of muskoxen in Jameson Land, northeast Greenland. Holarctic Ecology, 10: 95–103.
  • Todd, J. W. & R. M. Hansen, 1973. Plant fragments in the feces of bighorns as indicators of food habits. Journal of Wildlife Management, 37: 363–366.

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