1985
DOI: 10.2307/1380794
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Variables Influencing Food Habits of White-Tailed Deer on the George Reserve

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“…(1980), who have shown that the composition of the diet of deer changed in parallel with changes in population size. Similar information is presented by Dasmann and Blaisdell (1954) and McCullough (1985) for deer. Skogland (1984bSkogland ( , 1985b indicates that the diet and feeding strategy of reindeer change with food limitation at higher densities, as is also shown by for bighorn sheep.…”
Section: Other Density -Dependent Traitssupporting
confidence: 82%
“…(1980), who have shown that the composition of the diet of deer changed in parallel with changes in population size. Similar information is presented by Dasmann and Blaisdell (1954) and McCullough (1985) for deer. Skogland (1984bSkogland ( , 1985b indicates that the diet and feeding strategy of reindeer change with food limitation at higher densities, as is also shown by for bighorn sheep.…”
Section: Other Density -Dependent Traitssupporting
confidence: 82%
“…Acorns are high in carbohydrates and fats (Henry and Conley 1972) that are essential for reproduction and maintenance of good physical condition (Matschke 1964). Moreover, acorns are also highly digestible (McCullogh 1985), but contain little crude protein (Barrett 1978). According to Torrent et al (1962in cited Barrett 1978, when hogs are feeding heavily on acorns, protein is a major factor limiting efficient body weight gains; this could explain why, as found in this study, they have to counterbalance their diet with animal food or graminoids that are richer in crude protein (Barrett 1978).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 65%
“…White-tailed Deer also consume mushrooms in natural ecosystems (Crawford 1982;Johnson et al 1995;Korschgen et al 1980;Short 1971;Skinner and Telfer 1974), whereas farm crops can be major food sources in agricultural landscapes (Nixon et al 1991). During winter, White-tailed Deer switch to twigs of both deciduous and evergreen woody plants and, where snow cover allows access, they also use grasses and farm crops left after harvest (Johnson et al 1995;McCaffery et al 1974;McCullough 1985;Nixon et al 1991;Skinner and Telfer 1974).…”
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