Dietary overlap among cattle and cervids in northern Idaho forests

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-15

  Kingery, James L ^a   Mosley, Jeffrey C ^b   Bordwell, Kirsten C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Modoc National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies grandis; Bos taurus; Cervus elaphus; diet selection; elk; interspecific competition; Odocoileus virginianus; resource partitioning; Thuja plicata; white tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES GRANDIS; BOS TAURUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI; CLINTONIA UNIFLORA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; UNGULATA; CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONII;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIET OVERLAP;

USA, IDAHO;

EID: 0029661545     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002718     Document Type: Article

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