Monitoring mule deer diet quality and intake with fecal indices

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-222

  Hodgman, Thomas P ^a,b   Davitt, Bruce B ^b   Nelson, Jack R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2,6 diaminopimelic acid; DAPA; fecal nitrogen; fiber; Odocoileus hemionus; predictive equations; tannins

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS;

EID: 0029832915     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002881     Document Type: Article

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