In vitro Digestibility among Accessions of Big Sagebrush by Wild Mule Deer and Its Relationship to Monoterpenoid Content
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Range Management
- Vol. 34 (6) , 497-500
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3898107
Abstract
Results of in vitro digestibility trials indicate that big sagebrush (A. tridentata) is a highly digestible browse for wintering mule deer. A. t. tridentata (62.1% digested dry matter) was more highly digested than A. t. vaseyana (53.2% digested dry matter) and A. t. wyomingensis (51.4% digested dry matter). On an accession level, some accessions of big sagebrush were more highly digested than others. The accessional range was from 44.6% digested dry matter to 64.8%. No relationship was found between total monoterpenoid (essential or volatile oils) content and digestibility.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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