The Effects of Fall Defoliation on the Utilization of Bluebunch Wheatgrass and Its Influence on the Distribution of Deer in Spring
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Range Management
- Vol. 34 (1) , 16-18
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3898443
Abstract
Deer and cattle grazing in spring preferred bluebunch wheatgrass plants defoliated the previous fall to those that were not. Deer selected burned plants in greater proportion than grazed plants. Fall grazing by cattle affected the distribution of deer. Deer displayed preference for the fall grazed field after green growth exceeded the height of stubble.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Effect of Fire on Bunchgrasses of the Sagebrush‐Grass Region in Southern IdahoEcology, 1965
- The Douglas‐Fir Zone of Southern Interior British ColumbiaEcological Monographs, 1957