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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

foraging habits, Bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis

College

Life Sciences

Department

Plant and Wildlife Sciences

Abstract

Over the course of the last few months the final foraging samples have been collected on five populations of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) in the Great Basin and along the Wasatch Front. These locations include the Newfoundland Mountains, Antelope Island, American Fork Canyon, Rock Canyon, and Mt. Nebo. The purpose of this project was to develop an idea of the foraging habits of these different herds, and within the Antelope Island herd, determine the differences in foraging habits between age and sex classes. By no means is this intended as a complete final report, but rather as preparations for a Master’s Thesis potentially involving the use of stable isotopes from the forage samples and hairs collected from ewes in each of the ranges. Hair samples from rams, ewes and yearlings were collected on Antelope Island and will be used to compare differences in use by the respective groups.

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