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Influence of forage phosphorus content on Bighorn Sheep in the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains of California

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https://doi.org/10.83206/B10594
The data associated with this publication are not available for this reason: author has upcoming analysis planned
Abstract

For bighorn sheep in the Sierra Nevada (SN) and White Mountains (WM) of California, this study found that (1) bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis Shaw) in the WM grew much more rapidly than those in the SN, (2) in alpine habitats SN bighorn sheep (O. c. sierrae; SNBS) were primarily selecting plant species or parts with higher phosphorus (P) content, and (3) samples from alpine sedge and grass species had notably higher P in the WM compared with the SN, a difference I attribute to high soil leaching in the SN.


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