Diets of desert mule deer

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 513-522

  Krausman, Paul R ^a   Kuenzi, Amy J ^a   Etchberger, Richard C ^a,b   Rautenstrauch, Kurt R ^a,c   Ordway, Leonard L ^a,d   Hervert, John J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EEG Consultants   (United States)

^d ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Desert mule deer; Diet; Odocoileus hemionus crooki

Indexed keywords

DESERT MULE DEER; DIET;

ARIZONA; USA;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS CROOKI;

EID: 0030807387     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003707     Document Type: Article

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