Preference indices for shrubs browsed by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in northeastern Mexico
The Texas white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus texanus) is a selective and opportunistic ruminant that can consume over 100 plant species in its diet throughout the year. However, the white-tailed deer’s diet is made up of less than 10 species, mainly shrub species, in southern Texas and northe...
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| author | Segura Carmona, Juan Emmanuel Bernal Barragán, Hugo Carrera Treviño, Rogelio Ibarra Gil, Humberto |
| author_facet | Segura Carmona, Juan Emmanuel Bernal Barragán, Hugo Carrera Treviño, Rogelio Ibarra Gil, Humberto |
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| description | The Texas white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus texanus) is a selective and opportunistic ruminant that can consume over 100 plant species in its diet throughout the year. However, the white-tailed deer’s diet is made up of less than 10 species, mainly shrub species, in southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. The objectives of the study were to compare dry matter-based consumption and the shrub selectivity index for white-tailed deer and to study the relationships between some physical and chemical characteristics of shrubs that may affect consumption. A total of four white-tailed deer were involved. Shrub branches were offered for 15 minutes. Leucaena leucocephala, Acacia farnesiana and Acacia rigidula were the most consumed species; furthermore, a negative relationship between iron content and consumption rate, and a negative relationship between consumption and stem percentage were found. |
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| spelling | eprints-247232023-05-09T20:48:09Z http://eprints.uanl.mx/24723/ Preference indices for shrubs browsed by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in northeastern Mexico Segura Carmona, Juan Emmanuel Bernal Barragán, Hugo Carrera Treviño, Rogelio Ibarra Gil, Humberto SF Ganadería / Medicina veretrinaria The Texas white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus texanus) is a selective and opportunistic ruminant that can consume over 100 plant species in its diet throughout the year. However, the white-tailed deer’s diet is made up of less than 10 species, mainly shrub species, in southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. The objectives of the study were to compare dry matter-based consumption and the shrub selectivity index for white-tailed deer and to study the relationships between some physical and chemical characteristics of shrubs that may affect consumption. A total of four white-tailed deer were involved. Shrub branches were offered for 15 minutes. Leucaena leucocephala, Acacia farnesiana and Acacia rigidula were the most consumed species; furthermore, a negative relationship between iron content and consumption rate, and a negative relationship between consumption and stem percentage were found. Universidad Autónoma Chapingo 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_nd http://eprints.uanl.mx/24723/1/24723.pdf http://eprints.uanl.mx/24723/1.haspreviewThumbnailVersion/24723.pdf Segura Carmona, Juan Emmanuel y Bernal Barragán, Hugo y Carrera Treviño, Rogelio y Ibarra Gil, Humberto (2020) Preference indices for shrubs browsed by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in northeastern Mexico. Revista Chapingo Serie Zonas Áridas, 19 (1). pp. 30-38. ISSN 0186-3231 https://doi.org/10.5154/r.rchsza.2018.10.020 |
| spellingShingle | SF Ganadería / Medicina veretrinaria Segura Carmona, Juan Emmanuel Bernal Barragán, Hugo Carrera Treviño, Rogelio Ibarra Gil, Humberto Preference indices for shrubs browsed by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in northeastern Mexico |
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| title | Preference indices for shrubs browsed by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in northeastern Mexico |
| title_full | Preference indices for shrubs browsed by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in northeastern Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Preference indices for shrubs browsed by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in northeastern Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preference indices for shrubs browsed by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in northeastern Mexico |
| title_short | Preference indices for shrubs browsed by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in northeastern Mexico |
| title_sort | preference indices for shrubs browsed by white tailed deer odocoileus virginianus in northeastern mexico |
| topic | SF Ganadería / Medicina veretrinaria |
| url | http://eprints.uanl.mx/24723/1/24723.pdf |
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