Browsing of antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata: Rosaceae) in the south Okanagan valley British Columbia: Age preferences and seasonal differences

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 109-122

  Krannitz, P G ^a   Hicks, S L ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BROWSING; MAMMAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; OKANAGAN VALLEY;

ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; OVIS CANADENSIS; PURSHIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0033863903     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2000)144[0109:BOABPT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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