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Cattle grazing behavior on a foothill elk winter range in southeastern Wyoming
Author
Hart, R. H., K. W. Hepworth, M. A. Smith, J. W. Waggoner, Jr.
Publication Year
1969
Body

Hart et al. determined that cattle and elk appear to have very little habitat over lap, based on the soil types and slope/aspect of the areas where they were observed. Cattle seemed to spend most of their summer in relatively lowland sites, while elk winter in steep upland sites.

Language
en
Keywords
stocking rate
cattle-elk competition
range sites
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