Evaluating grazing strategies for cattle: Deer and cattle food partitioning

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 622-630

  Ortega, Isaac M ^a   Soltero Gardea, Sergio ^b   Bryant, Fred C ^d   Drawe, D Lynn ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^c Welder Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^d Caesar Kleberg Wildl Res Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Coastal Bend of Texas; Continuous grazing; Food habits; Odocoileus virginianus; Short duration grazing; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CERVIDAE; FISTULA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; POACEAE;

EID: 0030727755     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003458     Document Type: Article

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