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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 17.
Published in final edited form as: Glob Chang Biol. 2019 Feb 28;25(5):1808–1819. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14587

Table 2. Dietary composition of Pyrenean chamois and seasonal cattle, horses and sheep in the Pyrenees.

Chamois Cattle Horses Sheep
Woody plants
   Calluna vulgaris     24.6 (0.0–6.0)     10.9 (1.0–22.5)     2.2 (0.0–12.0)     2.1 (0.0–29.5)
   Cytisus spp.     17.3 (3.5–51.5)       0.1 (0.0–0.5)     0.0 (0.0–0.0)     0.3 (0.0–6.0)
   Other woody plants       7.1 (0.0–17.5)       5.2 (2.0–8)     3.7 (0.5–9.5)   10.1 (3.0–17.0)
   Total     48.6     16.2     5.9   12.4
Graminoids
    Festuca spp.     22.0 (8.5–50.0)     40.4 (26.5–52.0)   52.4 (43.0–63.5)   40.4 (27.5–52.0)
    Avenula pratensis       1.8 (0.0–6.5)       3.2 (0.0–6.5)     1.8 (0.0–6.0)     2.1 (0.0–4.5)
    Other graminoids       2.1 (0.0–6.5)       6.2 (3.0–11.5)     9.5 (5.0–13.0)     3.4 (2.0–7.0)
    Total     25.8     49.8   63.7   45.9
Forbs
    Anthyllis vulneraria       1.3 (0.0–5.0)       2.2 (0.0–7.0)     1.5 (0.0–4.5)     4.1 (2.0–6.5)
    Plantago monosperma       3.6 (0.0–9.0)       3.5 (2.0–5.0)     3.9 (2.0–8.0)     5.2 (3.0–10.0)
    Potentilla spp.       2.5 (0.0–6.0)       3.9 (2.0–6.0)     2.2 (0.5–4.5)     4.7 (1.5–8.0)
    Trifolium spp.     11.2 (2.0–17.5)     13.4 (5.5–21.0)   13.8 (7.0–20.0)   14.2 (6.0–21.5)
    Other forbs       6.7 (2.5–10.5)     10.9 (4.0–17.0)     9.1 (5.0–19.0)   13.5 (8.5–20.0)
    Total     25.3     34.1   30.4   41.6

Notes. Data from June to October 2011 and 2012 in the Freser-Setcases National Game Reserve (eastern Spanish Pyrenees). Values represent mean percentages of fragment frequency (min–max).