Comparative foraging ecology of white-tailed deer and Angora goats on the Edwards Plateau, Texas /
abundance and quality influenced the feeding behavior of
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | abundance and quality influenced the feeding behavior of animals ranged freely within 0.4 ha enclosures in two assess habitat quality for ruminants may not accurately availability of plant biomass in pastures. Although deer composition and available standing crop. During trials, deer consistently higher in pasture D which contained only half diets generally contained more in vitro digestible organic different management regimes and differed in plant digestible energy were similar between pastures and seasons. during fall when deer selectively consumed acorns. Deer and effort, traveling approximately 4 km during 10 to 14 hr of foraging each day. Deer fed more selectively and made foraging effort, diet composition and quality, and estimated Goat diets were dominated primarily by grasses and browse goat intake rates could not be predicted from the goats; two similar-sized ungulates with different digestive greater use of forbs and other uncommon forages (oak mast). matter than goat diets, concentrations of crude protein and morphologies. I contrasted patterns in deer and goat near Sonora during fall and summer. The pastures were under nutrient ingestion rates (i.e., foraging efficiency) while of both deer and goats varied considerably during feeding pastures at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES) periods. During summer, goats averaged higher intake rates represent feeding opportunities for selective feeders. study suggest that traditional approaches being used to Surprisingly, feeding rates of deer and goats were than deer in both pastures. Intake rates were more similar the standing crop found in the B pasture. Results from this This study investigated how seasonal patterns in forage to 16 hr of foraging per day. Goats exhibited less foraging were highly mobile, traveling an average of 10 km during 12 which were common in both pastures. Dry matter intake rates white-tailed deer ( Odocolieus virginianus) and Angora |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 86 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references: pages 77-85. |