Variation in bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata pursh) crude protein in southwestern Montana

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-210

  Wambolt, Carl L ^a   Fraas, W Wyatt ^a   Frisina, Michael R ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

Author keywords

big game nutrition; bitterbrush; crude protein; Montana; Purshia tridentata; winter range

Indexed keywords

PURSHIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0029769468     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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