Purine derivatives in snow-urine as a dietary index for free-ranging elk

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 735-743

  Garrott, Robert A ^a,c   White, P J ^a   Vagnoni, David B ^a   Heisey, Dennis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

allantoin; Cervus elaphus; diet; foraging; nutrition; physiological index; ruminant; urine; wapiti

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOIN:CREATININE RATIO; DIET; ELK; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL INDEX;

USA, WYOMING, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 0030301448     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802372     Document Type: Article

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