| performance and dietary preferences of white-tailed deer grazing chicory, birdsfoot trefoil or alfalfa in north central alberta. | little information exists on the performance of deer on alternative forage species in northern temperate environments during summer and fall, the period of inherent maximum growth in deer. in performance and choice experiments, we compared live weight gain (g/kg(0.75)/day), absolute [kg/ha dry matter (dm)] and relative (% dm) herbage utilization, relative preference index (rpi) as well as plant community visitation of white-tailed deer grazing alfalfa (medicago sativa), birdsfoot trefoil (lotus ... | 2009 | 19138349 |