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Multivariate study of moose browsing in relation to phenol pattern in pine needles

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Extracts of needles from Scots pine,Pinus sylvestris L., grown on fertile (A) or poor (B) soil, and from lodgepole pine,P. contorta Doug. (C), have been analyzed with HPLC and UV detection. By application of multivariate analysis, the phenol pattern was shown to vary between species and between habitats. Within groups A and B, moose food choice was highly correlated to phenol pattern. Concentrations of most of the analyzed compounds were internally correlated. Information related to pine growth rate could also be extracted from the phenolic pattern for A, B, and C. Moose food choice was not correlated to pine growth rate.

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Sunnerheim-Sjöberg, K., Hämäläinen, M. Multivariate study of moose browsing in relation to phenol pattern in pine needles. J Chem Ecol 18, 659–672 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00987826

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