Mule deer and elk foraging preference for 4 sagebrush taxa

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 499-503

  Wambolt, Carl L ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia nova; Artemisia tridentata; Cervus elaphus; foraging behavior; Odocoileus hemionus; preference; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA NOVA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA VASEYANA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI; COLEOPTERA; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS HEMIONUS; TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA; ASTERACEAE;

DIET; ELK; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; MULE DEER; SAGEBRUSH;

USA, WYOMING, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0029659341     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002289     Document Type: Article

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