Title | Consumption rates of desert grassland herbivores |
Publication Type | Conference Proceedings |
Year of Publication | 1981 |
Authors | Pieper, Rex D. |
Editor | Smith A, Hays V.W. |
Conference Name | Proceedings of the XIV International Grassland Congress |
Number of Volumes | pp |
Pagination | 465-467. |
Date Published | June 15-24, 1981 |
Publisher | Westview Press |
Conference Location | Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A. |
Call Number | 00622 |
Keywords | abstract, abstracts, conference, conference proceedings, conferences, grassland, herbivores, consumption rates, herbivores,consumption rates, proceeding, proceedings |
Abstract | Studies were conducted on a desert grassland range in southern New Mexico for 3 years to determine relative consumption rates of the main herbivores utilizing these range areas. Consumption by all herbivores averaged less than 5% of the above-ground net primary productivity for the 3 years of the study. Highest consumption rates among the herbivore groups were for cattle, which consumed an average of 4.3 g/m2 during the study. Consumption by rodents was fairly high during the first year of the study when rodent densities were high but declined during the second and third years in response to declines in rodent densities. In contrast, invertebrate consumption was highest during the third year of the study and actually exceeded that of rodents. |
URL | NMSU, Branson Library, S401 In85p 14th 1981 |
Custom 1 | Boulder, Colorado |