Forage quality shapes physiological and gut microbial responses in moose (Alces alces) of Isle Royale National Park.

A positive trend existed for the relationship between dietary diversity and gut microbial alpha diversity (Faith’s PD), although not statistically significant (t-value = 1.63, r = 0.20, p = 0.108, Fig. 4 b).None of the main effects, age (F1,53 = 0.27, p = 0.603), region (F1,53 = 0.11, p = 0.742), balsam fir consumption (F1,53 = 2.23, p = 0.141), GA:C (F1,53 = 0.43, p = 0.516), or UN:C (F1,53 < 0.01, p = 0.996) were statistically significant in their relationship with gut microbial diversity.

also in 11,005 other papers

Instead, the strong and highly significant interaction between balsam fir consumption and UN:C ratios indicates that the relationship between diet composition and gut microbial diversity is fundamentally conditional on the nutritional status of individual moose (Fig. 5 ).

also in 132,142 other papers