. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. No. Specimens FIGURE 22. Graphic representation of the food habits of deer on the Tunawee winter range in the winter of 1952-53. wee range, was the heaviest contributor to the diet, making tip percent of the food and occurring in percent of the stomachs during the late winter months. The heavy utilization of rabbitbrush in March ( percent) coincides with the month of heaviest snowfall. during which the deer were forced t
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. No. Specimens FIGURE 22. Graphic representation of the food habits of deer on the Tunawee winter range in the winter of 1952-53. wee range, was the heaviest contributor to the diet, making tip percent of the food and occurring in percent of the stomachs during the late winter months. The heavy utilization of rabbitbrush in March ( percent) coincides with the month of heaviest snowfall. during which the deer were forced to the lowest elevations of the winter ranges. The consumption of sagebrush over the winter amounted to percent of the diet and was found in percent of the stomachs. Heaviest use was in February and March. Before the severe snowstorms in March, the deer apparently were forced to ea1 food which they normally do not utilize heavily. PinOD pine, willow, and oak made up a considerable portion of the diet in January and Febru- ary and contributed lessee amounts in March. Not only the dry leafage of willow, hut also the green stems and winter buds, were utilized. The needles of pinon pine and the green and Avy Leafage of oak made up a substantial part of the January diet. A number of other less important browse species wv\-i< identified in the stomachs. Forbs and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game. [San Francisco, etc. ] State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
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