Mechanisms that result in large herbivore grazing distribution patterns

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 386-400

  Bailey, Derek W ^b   Gross, John E ^c   Laca, Emilio A ^a   Rittenhouse, Larry R ^c   Coughenour, Michael B ^c   Swift, David M ^c   Sims, Phillip L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

distribution; foraging; grazing; grazing patterns; landscape; scale; spatial memory; ungulates

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; UNGULATA;

DISTRIBUTION PATTERN; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; GRAZING PATTERN; LARGE HERBIVORE;

EID: 0029660717     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002919     Document Type: Article

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