White-tailed deer forage production in managed and unmanaged pine stands and summer food plots in Mississippi

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 739-745

  Edwards, Scott L ^a,c   Demarais, Steve ^a,c,d   Watkins, Bobby ^b,c,e   Strickland, Bronson K ^a,f,g  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BASF Corporation   (United States)

^c Mississippi State University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e BASF Special Products Department

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ARSENAL herbicide; Crude protein; Digestible protein; Forage; In vitro digestibility; Mississippi; Odocoileus virginianus; Quality vegetation management; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEER; FORAGE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PINUS TAEDA; POACEAE; VIGNA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 7544239138     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[0739:WDFPIM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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