Seasonal forage use by desert mule deer in southeastern California

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 501-505

  Marshal, Jason P ^a   Bleich, Vernon C ^b   Andrew, Nancy G ^b   Krausman, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; POACEAE;

EID: 12344303249     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0501:SFUBDM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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