Fecal indicators, diet and population parameters in mule deer

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 550-560

  Kucera, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition; Diaminopimelic acid; Diet; Diet quality; Fecal nitrogen; Mule deer; Nutrition; Odocoileus hemionus; Population regulation; Reproduction; Ruminants; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PURSHIA TRIDENTATA; TRIDENTATA; UNGULATA; ROSACEAE;

DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; DIET; FECAL ANALYSIS; MULE DEER; NITROGEN; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0030619079     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802614     Document Type: Article

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