Seasonal diet and foraging preference of greater kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros in the Llano Uplift of Texas

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-83

  Gray, Shawn S ^a,b   Simpson, Thomas R ^a   Baccus, John T ^a   Manning, Richard W ^a   Schwertner, T Wayne ^b  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Food habits; Greater kudu; Texas; Tragelaphus strepsiceros

Indexed keywords

DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS TEXANA; ELYMUS; ELYMUS CANADENSIS; HEDERA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS ASHEI; MONARDA; MONARDA CITRIODORA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; OPUNTIA; POACEAE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS FUSIFORMIS; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA; RHUS COPALLINA; RHUS LANCEOLATA; TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS;

EID: 34249829634     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2007)13[75:SDAFPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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