Table 8 Percent utilization ± SE of key browse species on Lincoln National Forest by cover-type. Only use of Populus tremuloides in 2006 differed between aspen and thinned conifer habitat types
From: Herbivory of sympatric elk and cattle on Lincoln National Forest, south-central New Mexico
Year | Habitat type | Browse species | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H. dumosis | P. tremuloides | A. glabrum | P. virginiana | S. rotundifolius | ||
2005 | Aspen | 59.5 ± 4.1 | 87.5 ± 12.5 | 67.5 ± 12.0 | 73.1 ± 1.8 | 44.9 ± 3.6 |
Thinned | 64.0 ± 5.2 | – | – | 72.1 ± 27.9 | 18.9 ± 5.9 | |
2006 | Aspen | 77.1 ± 2.1 | 75.4 ± 8.0 | 67.5 ± 12.0 | 57.9 ± 0.7 | 56.5 ± 7.2 |
Thinned | 73.4 ± 3.2 | 56.5 ± 7.2 | 69.0 ± 7.7 | 44.0 ± 23.8 | 43.4 ± 8.7 | |