The Effect of Forage Structure and Availability on Food Intake, Biting Rate, Bite Size and Daily Eating Time of Reindeer
- 1 April 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Applied Ecology
- Vol. 18 (1), 63-81
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2402479
Abstract
(1) Factors influencing the food intake of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.) on tundra were studied using tame animals. Food intake was estimated from 2 ...This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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