Effects of grass and browse consumption on the winter mass dynamics of elk

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 603-613

  Christianson, David ^a,b   Creel, Scott ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Diet; Foraging behavior; Intermediate feeder; Nutrition; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY MASS; BROWSING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DEER; FOOD SELECTION; GRASS; GRAZING; MASS BALANCE; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITROGEN; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STARVATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DEER; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DEER; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; POACEAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS;

CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 57749191033     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1200-1     Document Type: Article

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