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).