A review of environmental factors affecting elk winter diets

Agriculture & Biology

• elks 100%
• graminoids 49%
• winter 49%
• environmental factors 47%
• diet 38%
• foraging 12%
• habitats 12%
• ruminants 9%
• grazing 8%
• predation 8%
• grasses 7%
• Bison bison 7%
• bison 7%
• forbs 6%
• feeding preferences 6%
• Cervus elaphus 6%
• Cyperaceae 6%
• biologists 5%
• meadows 5%
• habitat preferences 5%
• managers 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• diet 65%
• environmental factor 61%
• winter 45%
• ruminant 12%
• predation risk 12%
• habitat selection 11%
• habitat type 11%
• hunting 9%
• grazing 8%
• grass 8%
• resource selection 7%
• study method 6%
• foraging behavior 6%
• sedge 6%
• behavioral response 6%
• habitat use 5%