Figure 3 : Digestible Energy (kJ/g dry matter) for each
preferred species for a moose during the summer sampling periods,
separated by month and by habitat type where each sample was collected.
Overall, digestible energy decreased by 50% (June mean = 19.37 kJ/g DM,
SE = 1.96, August mean = 14.07 kJ/g DM, SE = 3.21, p <
0.0001) between June and August for the Alphabet Hills (Table 1).
Average digestible energy was not significantly different between
habitat types (burned mean = 14.87 kJ/g DM, SE = 4.25, forested mean =
15.42 kJ/g DM, SE = 4.32), but the interaction between habitat type and
month (F = 215.7, p < 0.0001) as well as habitat type
and species were both significant (F = 2.86, p <
0.0001). We also found a significant difference in year; 2018 had an
average DE of 17.04 kJ/g DM (SE = 3.06) while 2019 had an average of
13.33 kJ/g DM (SE = 4.46, p < 0.0001).