Diets of prairie dogs, goats, and sheep on a desert rangeland

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 373-379

  Mellado, Miguel ^a   Olvera, Abundio ^b   Quero, Adrián ^b   Mendoza, Germán ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA AGRARIA ANTONIO NARRO   (Mexico)

^b Colegio de Posgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diet overlap; Food selection; Microhistological analysis; Small ruminants

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; FOOD SELECTION; GOAT; RANGELAND; RODENT; SHEEP;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACACIA; ACACIA GREGGII; ARIDA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; BOVIDAE; BUCHLOE DACTYLOIDES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CYNOMYS; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA RASTRERA; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 23744478906     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2005)058[0373:DOPDGA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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