WILLOW PTARMIGAN CHICKS CONSUME MOSS SPOROPHYTE CAPSULES
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| Authors: | MARTIN, K; HIK, D |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Journal: | J. Field Ornithol. 63: 355-358 |
| Title: | WILLOW PTARMIGAN CHICKS CONSUME MOSS SPOROPHYTE CAPSULES |
| Abstract: | Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) chicks consumed sporophyte capsules of a moss, Distichium inclinatum, at La Perouse Bay, near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Six chicks (6-16 d old) were examined over 3 yr, and crops of all chicks contained moss capsules. In two chicks, capsules represented a substantial proportion of the total crop contents. Crops contained little animal matter. Moss sporophyte capsules may provide an easily accessible forage for rapidly growing grouse chicks of northern populations. |
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