Niche partitioning among mule deer, elk, and cattle: Do stable isotopes reflect dietary niche?

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 297-302

  Stewart, Kelley M ^a   Bowyer, R Terry ^a   Kie, John G ^b   Dick, Brian L ^b   Ben David, Merav ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Bos taurus; Cattle; Cervus elaphus; Diet; Microhistological analysis; Mule deer; Niche; North American elk; Odocoileus hemionus; Stable isotopes; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NICHE PARTITIONING; STABLE ISOTOPE;

NORTH AMERICA;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 0346934922     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682777     Document Type: Article

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