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Foods Eaten by Rocky Mountain Elk

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of Range Management

Volume

26

Issue

2

First Page

106

Last Page

113

Publication Date

1973

Abstract

Forty-eight food habits studies were combined to determine what plants are normally eaten by Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni), and the relative value of these plants from a manager's viewpoint based on the response elk have exhibited toward them. Plant species are classified as highly valuable, valuable, or least valuable on the basis of their contribution to the diet in food habits studies where they were recorded. A total of 159 forbs, 59 grasses, and 95 shrubs are listed as elk forage and categorized according to relative value.

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