Condensed tannins' effect on white-tailed deer forage digestibility in Mississippi

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 707-713

  Jones, Phillip D ^a   Rude, Brian ^a   Muir, James P ^b   Demarais, Stephen ^a   Strickland, Bronson K ^a   Edwards, Scott L ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensed tannins; Diet quality; Forage digestibility; Mississippi; Odocoileus virginianus; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEER; DIET; DIGESTIBILITY; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SAMPLING; SOIL FERTILITY; TANNIN; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; CHAMAECRISTA; CHAMAECRISTA FASCICULATA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PISUM SATIVUM; RUBUS TRIVIALIS; SMILAX; SMILAX ROTUNDIFOLIA;

EID: 77951868731     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-116     Document Type: Article

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