Foods of primary consumers on cold desert shrub-steppe of southcentral Idaho

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Johnson, Mark K.

Source:

Journal of Range Management, Society for Range Management, Volume 32, Issue 5, p.365-368 (1979)

Call Number:

A79JOH01IDUS

URL:

https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/jrm/article/view/6973/6583

Keywords:

Antilocapra americana, black-tailed jack rabbit, Bos taurus, cattle, Lepus californicus, Ovis aries, pronghorn, sheep, Sylvilagus spp

Abstract:

Trophic relationships of rabbits (Sylvilagus spp), black-tailed jack rabbits (Lepus californicus), pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), sheep (Ovis aries), and cattle (Bos taurus) were examined on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory Site in southcentral Idaho. Grasses were the most important foods of lagomorphs and livestock. Pronghorn depended mostly on basin big sagebrush, common winterfat, and saltbushes. If jack rabbits increase in the future, severe competition for forage with livestock may result.

Notes:

Reference Code: A79JOH01IDUS

Full Citation: Johnson, M. K. 1979. Foods of primary consumers on cold desert shrub-steppe of southcentral Idaho. Journal of Range Management 32(5): 365-368.

Location: ANIMAL EF: MAMMALS