Table 1.

The basic database of plant species with the absolute fragment length (in base pair) and size reads (in base pair) and the comparison of plant species in the moose’ diet obtained using different methods

No.	Species	Absolute fragment length (bp)	Size read (bp)	Detected in studied moose
				Traditional methods	Molecular methodsa
1	Abies alba	86	~84	−	−
2	Acer spp.	95	~92	3	−
3	Alnus glutinosa	100	~97	1, 2	+
4	Betula spp.	100	~97	1, 2	+
5	Calluna vulgaris	86	~82	1, 2	+
6	Carex remota	121	~124	2	−
7	Carpinus betulus	100	~97	1, 2	+
8	Corylus avellana	100	~97	1	+
9	Euonymus europaea	90	~86	1, 2	+
10	Fagus sylvatica	103	~100	1	+
11	Frangula alnus	104	~101	1, 2	+
12	Fraxinus excelsior	78	~74	1	−
13	Juniperus communis	79	~77	1, 2	+
14	Larix decidua	85	~84	−	−
15	Ledum palustre	85	~81	1	−
16	Ligustrum vulgare	78	~74	−	−
17	Padus spp.	90	~87	2	+
18	Phragmites australis	91	~88	−	+
19	Picea abies	93	~91	1	+
20	Pinus sylvestris	84	~82	1, 2	+
21	Poa pratensis	93	~118	2	−
22	Populus spp.	107	~103	1, 2	+
23	Prunus spp.	90	~86	3	+
24	Quercus spp.	93	~89	1	+
25	Ribes spp.	101	~97	1, 2	+
26	Rubus spp.	91	~88	1, 2, 3	+
27	Salix spp.	95	~91	1, 2	+
28	Sambucus racemosa	89	~85	−	+
29	Sorbus aucuparia	90	~87	1, 2	+
30	Syringa vulgaris	78	~74	−	−
31	Tilia spp.	98	~95	1, 2	+
32	Urtica dioica	73	~70	−	−
33	Vaccinium myrtillus	86	~83	1	+
34	Vaccinium uliginosum	84	~81	1	−
35	Vaccinium vitis-idaea	89	~86	1	+
36	Viburnum opulus	79	~74	−	−

1 Dzięciołowski (1974), 2 Morow (1976), 3 Belovsky (1981)

^aThis study