Winter foraging ecology of woodland caribou in Northeastern Washington

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 719-728

  Rominger, Eric M ^a   Robbins, Charles T ^a   Evans, Marc A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

arboreal lichen; digestibility; endangered; foraging; intake rate; nutrition; old growth; Rangifer tarandus caribou; winter; woodland caribou

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGING; LICHEN; WOODLAND CARIBOU;

USA, WASHINGTON STATE;

ABIES LASIOCARPA; ALECTORIA SARMENTOSA; BRYORIA; PINACEAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 0030301454     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802370     Document Type: Article

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