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Filtering by: Creator Nyerges, Timothy L. Committee Member Vavra, Martin Decade 1970-1979

A comparison of four methods used in determining the diets of large herbivores

Creator:

McInnis, Michael Lindsay

Abstract:

Esophageal fistulation, stomach content analysis, fecal analysis, and ocular-estimate-by-plot are four of the most publicized methods of determining the diets of large herbivores. The principal objective of this study was to compare the relative values of each of these methods based upon information collected from bi-fistulated (esophageal and rumen) sheep...

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Masters Thesis

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, rumen, and feces of sheep grazing a beauty cinquefoil /velvet lupine Kentucky bluegrass /timothy com
Spring, summer and fall use by cattle and big game on foothill rangelands

Creator:

Miller, Richard F.

Abstract:

The objectives of this study were to evaluate environmental factors influencing use of several plant communities by cattle, elk and deer; determine under story production by plant species and the amount utilized by cattle, elk and deer in certain plant communities; evaluate the interactions of range use between cattle, elk...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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, burned on July 21, 1970, and seeded on September 9, 1970, to tall oatgrass, timothy (Phleum pratense
The effects of three levels of range improvements on Roosevelt elk nutrition

Creator:

Mereszczak, Ihor Myroslaw

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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Redacted for privacy Dean of Graduate School Date thesis is presented July 21, 1978 Typed by Deanna L