Female-biased herbivory in fourwing saltbush browsed by cattle

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-51

  Cibils, Andriés F ^a,b,c,d   Swift, David M ^a,b,c,d   Hart, Richard H ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Atriplex canescens; Cattle browsing; Dioecious shrubs; Gender biased herbivory

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; CATTLE; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; HERBIVORY; RANGELAND; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0037248803     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003880     Document Type: Article

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