Chapter 9 Diet and Nutrition of Central Yellowstone Elk During Winter

Terrestrial Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 157-176

  White, P J ^a   Garrott, Robert A ^b   Borkowski, John J ^b   Berardinelli, James G ^b   Mertens, David R ^c   Pils, Andrew C ^b  

^a YELLOWSTONE CENTER FOR RESOURCES   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 55749113155     PISSN: 19367961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1936-7961(08)00209-1     Document Type: Review

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