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Application of the carbon/nitrogen balance concept to predicting the nutritional quality of blueberry foliage to deer in southeastern Alaska

Creator:

Rose, Cathy L.

Abstract:

Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis Sm.) prefer understory forages growing beneath a forest canopy despite a greater abundance of the same plant species in forest clearings. This research examined responses of the deciduous shrub - blueberry (Vaccinium ovalifolium), to test the hypotheses that 1) forage is less nutritious and...

Resource Type:

Dissertation