Diet composition, dry matter intake and diet overlap of mule deer, elk and cattle.

Scott L. Findholt; Bruce K. Johnson; Daalkhaijav Damiran; Tim DelCurto; John Kie

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Diet composition, dry matter intake and diet overlap of mule deer, elk and cattle.

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Authors:

Scott L. Findholt, Bruce K. Johnson, Daalkhaijav Damiran, Tim DelCurto, John Kie

Year:

2004

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Source:

In: Transactions of the 69th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, p. 670-686

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Abstract

Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), elk (Cervus elaphus) and cattle share rangeland throughout much of interior western North America. Considerable debate exists about the degree to which facilitation or competition occurs for forage between these three species (Nelson 1982, Wisdom and Thomas 1996, Miller 2002).

Citation

Findholt, Scott L.; Johnson, Bruce K.; Damiran, Daalkhaijav; DelCurto, Tim; Kie, John G. 2004. Diet composition, dry matter intake and diet overlap of mule deer, elk and cattle. In: Transactions of the 69th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, p. 670-686