Table 1 Mean number ± SE of elk, cattle, and mule deer pellet groups by habitat types and season, Lincoln National Forest, 2004–2006
From: Herbivory of sympatric elk and cattle on Lincoln National Forest, south-central New Mexico
Season | Cover type | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elk | Cattle | Elk | Cattle | Deer | Elk | Cattle | Deer | ||
Annual | Meadow | – | – | 12.8 ± 1.8X | 3.4 ± 1.0X | 0.0 ± 0.0Y | 29.5 ± 4.6X | 10.6 ± 1.9X | 0.2 ± 0.1X |
Aspen | – | – | 4.9 ± 1.1Y | 0.1 ± 0.1Y | 0.6 ± 0.2Y | 7.6 ± 1.4Y | 0.6 ± 0.4Y | 0.6 ± 0.2X | |
Thinned conifer | – | – | 11.9 ± 2.1X | 1.0 ± 0.4Y | 1.4 ± 0.5X | 12.4 ± 1.9Y | 0.3 ± 0.2Y | 1.5 ± 0.4Y | |
Burn | – | – | 7.6 ± 1.3XY | 3.3 ± 1.1X | 1.8 ± 0.4X | 7.4 ± 1.4Y | 0.9 ± 0.4Y | 2.4 ± 0.7Y | |
Spring-autumn | Meadow | 12.3 ± 3.4A | 8.8 ± 1.5A | 10.4 ± 2.9 | 7.0 ± 1.9A | 0.2 ± 0.1A | 7.1 ± 1.5A | 5.8 ± 1.3A | <0.1 ± 0.1A |
Aspen | – | – | 4.8 ± 0.9 | 0.5 ± 0.2B | 0.4 ± 0.2A | 3.6 ± 0.7AB | 0.1 ± 0.6B | 0.4 ± 0.2AB | |
Thinned conifer | 3.3 ± 0.9B | 2.4 ± 0.8B | 4.7 ± 1.0 | 1.0 ± 0.4B | 1.7 ± 0.3B | 5.2 ± 0.5A | 0.6 ± 0.5B | 1.0 ± 0.2C | |
Burns | – | – | 4.3 ± 0.7 | 1.6 ± 0.6B | 2.7 ± 0.6B | 1.4 ± 0.4B | 0.4 ± 0.2B | 0.8 ± 0.4BC | |