Dietary niche relationships among cervids relative to winter snowpack in northwestern Montana

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Jenkins, Kurt J., Wright, R. Gerald
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; North Fork; Alces alces
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z87-220; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z87-220

We compared diets of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus ochrourus), Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni), and Shiras moose (Alces alces shirasi) during two winters in the North Fork of the Flathead Valley, Montana. Diets of white-tailed deer contained the greatest proportions of low-ly...