. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. DEER FOOD HABITS 165. FIGURE 4. The deeper soils of the north-facing slopes support dense chaparral and hardwood stands. Phoiograph by Howard R. Leach. tliroiighoiit the Toomes soils, primai-ily on tlie iiorth-facin^i' slopes (correspondeiife witli I\ol)('i't A. (Ijirdiici-. I!)')?). Figures "2, 8, and 4 illustrate the vegetative aspect of the winter range. The Tehama \vinter deer range is, like most t'ootluU seetions of eismonta
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. DEER FOOD HABITS 165. FIGURE 4. The deeper soils of the north-facing slopes support dense chaparral and hardwood stands. Phoiograph by Howard R. Leach. tliroiighoiit the Toomes soils, primai-ily on tlie iiorth-facin^i' slopes (correspondeiife witli I\ol)('i't A. (Ijirdiici-. I!)')?). Figures "2, 8, and 4 illustrate the vegetative aspect of the winter range. The Tehama \vinter deer range is, like most t'ootluU seetions of eismontane California, an annual range ty])e in its lower reaches, with the eharaeteristie range j^roblems inherent in this type. The wide and irregular changes in forage production from year to year due to cli- matic Unci nations not only directly atfect the livestock grazing of these annual ranges but also have an impact on the carrying capacity for wildlife. Deer are no exception. STUDY AREA Public access to the winter range north of Antelope Creek is provided by State Highway 36 and a number of unpaved county roads. JSoutli of Antelope Creek the range is less accessible, being limited mostly to jeeps and other four-wheel drive vehicles. One such jeep road traverses the rim of Dye Creek and ]\[ill Creek canyons from the valley floor to the lower edge of the summer range. This road provided access to the deer over the entire period, and allowed coverage of an area repre- sentative of most of the winter range. Consequently, this area w^as selected for studv. VEGETATIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY AREA Figure 5 shows a portion of a vegetative type cover map of the Tehama Avinter deer range delineating the study area. This map was drawn from aerial photographs by William P. Dasmann, using the techniques described by Jensen (1947). It gives the gross characteristics. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability -
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