Foraging behavior of heritage versus recently introduced herbivores on desert landscapes of the American Southwest

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Peinetti, H Raul ^a,d   Fredrickson, Ed L ^a   Peters, Debra P C ^a   Cibils, Andres F ^b   Roacho Estrada, J Octavio ^c   Laliberte, Andrea S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chihuahuan desert; Criollo cattle; Gps monitoring; Herbivory; Landscape foraging patterns; Resource selection functions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755151559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES11-00021.1     Document Type: Article

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