Technical Note: An evaluation of 4 clovers and Italian ryegrass for white-tailed deer
Issue Date
1992-11-01Keywords
Trifolium alexandrinumTrifolium incarnatum
Trifolium subterraneum
Trifolium repens
Lolium multiflorum
liveweight gain
Odocoileus virginianus
pastures
diets
wildlife management
rangelands
nutritive value
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Johnson, M. K., & Schultz, S. R. (1992). Technical note: An evaluation of 4 clovers and Italian ryegrass for white-tailed deer. Journal of Range Management, 45(6), 593-594.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/4002578Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
We evaluated winter weight gain of captive male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) that grazed pastures of berseem (Trifolium alexandrinium L.), white (T. repens L.), crimson (T. incarnatum L.), or subterranean (T. subterraneum L.) clover their first winter and pastures of berseem, white, or crimson clover or Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) their second winter. Weight gains the first winter (14.7 +/- 0.7kg) did not differ (P>0.10) among the clovers. Bucks that grazed berseem, white, or crimson clover the second winter gained 3.0 +/- 0.5 kg, while bucks that grazed Italian ryegrass gained 0.9 +/- 0.9 kg.Type
textArticle
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0022-409Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2307/4002578