Foraging Ecology of Elk (Cervus elaphus) in a Tallgrass Prairie

Jonathan M. Conard; Philip S. Gipson

doi:10.1894/0038-4909-57.1.92

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Jonathan M. Conard,^1,2,* Philip S. Gipson³

¹Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 (JMC)
²Present address of JMC: Department of Natural Science, Sterling College, Sterling, KS 67579
³Department of Natural Resources, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 (PSG)

^*Correspondent: jconard@sterling.edu

Abstract

Selection of forage by wildlife may drive habitat selection and influence rates of survival and reproduction. To understand patterns in use of forage by elk (Cervus elaphus) in a tallgrass prairie, we collected groups of fecal pellets during 2005–2007 and determined patterns of use based on stable-isotope ratios of carbon and microhistological analysis. Elk consumed the greatest diversity of forbs during summer and the greatest diversity of grasses during winter. While our study site was dominated by warm-season C₄-grasses, stable-isotope analysis indicated that elk consumed primarily C₃-vegetation (cool-season grasses, forbs, or browse) during summer and winter.

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Jonathan M. Conard and Philip S. Gipson "Foraging Ecology of Elk (Cervus elaphus) in a Tallgrass Prairie," The Southwestern Naturalist 57(1), 92-96, (1 March 2012). https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-57.1.92

Received: 5 March 2010; Accepted: 1 June 2011; Published: 1 March 2012

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