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dc.contributor.authorRobbins, C. T.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T03:17:51Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T03:17:51Z
dc.date.issued1987-11-01
dc.identifier.citationRobbins, C. T. (1987). Digestibility of an arboreal lichen by mule deer. Journal of Range Management, 40(6), 491-492.
dc.identifier.issn0022-409X
dc.identifier.doi10.2307/3898866
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/645158
dc.description.abstractArboreal lichens are commonly consumed by wintering cervids in temperate forests, but their nutritional value is poorly understood. The digestibility of an arboreal lichen (Alectoria sarmentosa) fed with alfalfa pellets to mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) was estimated. The lichen contained 2% crude protein, 13.4% neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and 0.9% acid detergent fiber (ADF). Apparent digestibilities were very high for lichen dry matter (85.2%), NDF (91.9%), and cell solubles (84.2%). The apparent digestibility of protein was very low (-218.0%) and reflects the impossibility of balancing MFN losses with a forage containing such minimal nitrogen. This lichen can be an important source of energy to wintering cervids.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSociety for Range Management
dc.relation.urlhttps://rangelands.org/
dc.rightsCopyright © Society for Range Management.
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subjectBritish Columbia
dc.subjectlichens
dc.subjectdigestibility trials
dc.subjectdietary fiber
dc.subjectnitrogen
dc.subjectcrude protein
dc.subjectOdocoileus hemionus
dc.subjectnutritive value
dc.subjectforage
dc.titleDigestibility of an arboreal lichen by mule deer
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dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Range Management
dc.description.noteThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries.
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dc.eprint.versionFinal published version
dc.description.admin-noteMigrated from OJS platform August 2020
dc.source.volume40
dc.source.issue6
dc.source.beginpage491-492
refterms.dateFOA2020-09-24T03:17:51Z


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