Figure 5 : Digestible Energy (kJ/ g dry matter) for each sampled species in the burned and unburned areas. Samples were collected in March 2018, and are separated by diameter class (cm).
The digestible protein was also significantly influenced by species (F = 25.41, p < 0.0001) and diameter (F = 3.925, p = 0.0003) but there was no significant difference between habitat types (Figure 6). Habitat type did have a significant influence on tannin content with the burned area having an average of 0.188 mg BSA/g DM (SE = 0.14) while the forested area had on average 0.23 mg BSA/g DM (SE = 0.14). The negative protein contribution stems from the large concentration of tannins found in those samples (Figure 6).