Yellowstone pronghorn alter resource selection after sagebrush decline

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1031-1040

  Boccadori, Sylvanna J ^a,c   White, P J ^b   Garrott, Robert A ^a   Borkowski, John J ^a   Davis, Troy L ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antilocapra americana; Artemisia; Diet; Habitat; Pronghorn; Regression; Resource; Sagebrush; Selection; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DICOTYLEDON; DIET; GOAT; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE SELECTION; RESOURCE USE; SHRUB; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNGULATE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA; ANTILOCAPRIDAE; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CHRYSOTHAMNUS; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 51349103848     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-173.1     Document Type: Article

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