Ungulate grazing in Sagebrush Grassland: Mechanisms of resource competition

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 200-217

  Hobbs, N Thompson ^a,b   Baker, Dan L ^a   Bear, George D ^a   Bowden, David C ^b  

^a Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Competition; Diet quality; Diet selection; Elk; Facilitation; Forage quality; Functional response; Grazing; Net primary production; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BOS TAURUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS CANADENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0002301687     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269564     Document Type: Article

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