Disparate determinants of summer and winter diet selection of a generalist herbivore, Ochotona princeps

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 467-478

  Dearing, M Denise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet selection; Herbivory; Nutrients; Ochotona princeps; Phenolics

Indexed keywords

OCHOTONA PRINCEPS;

CACHE; DIET; HERBIVORY; PIKA; SECONDARY COMPOUND; WINTER;

USA, COLORADO, FRONT RANGE, NIWOT RIDGE;

EID: 0030300995     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00333723     Document Type: Article

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