Livestock grazing effects on forage quality of elk winter range

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-105

  Clark, Patrick E ^a,b   Krueger, William C ^a   Bryant, Larry D ^a,c   Thomas, David R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Agropyron spicatum; Bluebunch wheatgrass; Carex geyeri; Cervus elaphus; Elk sedge; Festuca idahoensis; Forage conditioning; Idaho fescue; Nutrition; Phenology; Reproductive culms

Indexed keywords

DEER; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; RANGELAND; WINTER;

BLUE MOUNTAINS; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON SPICATUM; CAREX GEYERI; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI; FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS; OVIS ARIES; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA SPICATA;

EID: 0034110223     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003399     Document Type: Article

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