Cervid forage utilization in noncommercially thinned ponderosa pine forests

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 435-441

  Gibbs, Mary C ^a   Jenks, Jonathan A ^a   Deperno, Christopher S ^b   Sowell, Bok F ^c   Jenkins, Kurt J ^d  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Olympic Field Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Diets; Forage standing biomass; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Odocoileus virginianus; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGE; HABITAT USE; THINNING; UNGULATE;

CUSTER STATE PARK; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 15944367741     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003971     Document Type: Article

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