Does supplemental feed increase selective foraging in a browsing ungulate?

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 995-1002

  Timmons, Garrett R ^a,c   Hewitt, David G ^a   Deyoung, Charles A ^a   Fulbright, Timothy E ^a   Draeger, Don A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b Comanche Ranch ^*  (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

diet quality; digestible protein; foraging behavior; habitat enhancement; metabolizable energy; supplemental feed; Tamaulipan thornscrub; Texas; vegetation; white tailed deer

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEER; DIET; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORE; METABOLISM; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROTEIN; RANGELAND; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CACTACEAE; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 77953947569     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-250     Document Type: Article

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