Figure 4: Apparent digestible protein (g/g DM) recorded for
each species of selected for species moose for the summer sampling
periods. Values are separated by the month and habitat type where each
sample was collected.
For all species combined, digestible protein was significantly lower in
August than in June (August = 0.023 g/g DM, SE = 0.032, June mean =
0.155 g/g DM, SE = 0.053, p < 0.0001) (Table 2).
Digestible protein was significantly higher in 2018 at 0.78 g/g DM (SE =
0.062) than in 2019 at 0.045 g/g DM (SE = 0.085, p<0.0001). Digestible protein was not significantly different
between forest and burn sites (Table 2). Nevertheless, digestible
protein declined over summer at a faster rate in the burn than in the
forest (t = 4.75, p < 0.001) (Figure 4). This
could be due to the higher initial (June) values of digestible protein
in the burn, as the values for both the burn and the forest were near or
below zero by late summer (August) (Figure 4).