3.3 Characteristics of foraging behavior of the two ungulates
3.3.1 Foraging distance
The wapiti preferred to forage on saplings located close to mature trees, ranging from 1.5 m to 30 m in the northwest and 295° to southeast 140°. The Siberian roe deer presented some variability (p <0.05); their feeding distance was longer, ranging from 8 m to 50 m and its range was wider from 315° to south 180° (Figure 7).