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JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. This content downloaded from 165.95.226.100 on Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:34:33 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Abstract: A 3-year investigation was conducted to ascertain the principal spring and summer foods of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in the forested Ozark Region of southern Missouri. Rumen samples from April through September 1973-75 were obtained from highway, illegal, and accidentally killed animals. In 304 samples, 458 plant foods were identified, 26 of which exceeded 1.0% by volume; these together comprised nearly 60% of all food. Another 26 items amounted to 0.5 to 0.9% each and comprised an additional 17.0%. Season-long, the 6 principal genera were Vitis, Trifolium, Lespedeza, Ulmus, Rhus, and Lactuca. Woody plants contributed 47.6% of all foods, broad-leaved herbaceous plants 44.3%, and grass and grasslike species accounted for 2.4% of April through September diets. Great variation in primary foods was shown by month and season. Results of the study will serve as a guideline for future deer habitat improvement in Ozark forests. J. WILDL. MANAGE. 44(1):89-97 SThis study was financed in part by Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration, Missouri Project W-13-R.

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