Black Sagebrush: Mule Deer Winter Preference and Monoterpenoid Content
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Range Management
- Vol. 38 (3) , 278-280
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3898986
Abstract
Wintering mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) preference was determined for 7 accessions of black sagebrush (Artemisia nova) grown on a common garden. Preference as expressed as percentage of current annual growth eaten varied from 0.0 to 82.7%. An accession called Pine Valley Ridge was significantly preferred by the deer over the other 6 accessions. We also attempted to relate monoterpenoid content to preference. We found no significant relationship between the two.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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