Great basin summer range forage quality: Do plant nutrients meet elk requirements?

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 516-527

  Beck, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Peek, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Crude protein; Digestible energy; Female elk summer nutritional ecology; Great Basin; Macrominerals; Nevada

Indexed keywords

CEANOTHUS; CEANOTHUS VELUTINUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; LUPINUS ARBUSTUS; LUPINUS CAUDATUS; POACEAE;

EID: 28844460761     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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