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Deer Forest study on Phosphorus and deer preference
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<blockquote data-quote="lafn96" data-source="post: 5796077" data-attributes="member: 22826"><p><a href="https://www.deer.psu.edu/pass-the-phosphorus/" target="_blank">Link</a></p><p></p><p>Did a study of same plants side-by-side, and came to the following conclusion - "It was phosphorus, not biomass, that had a positive influence on deer plant selection and phosphorus concentration explained almost half of the variation in plant selection. What does that mean? If you line up blocks of clover and winter wheat side by side, deer eat from the block that has the most phosphorus. Given that it is the SAME plant, it's the nutrient content driving the selection. Deer can distinguish phosphorus content in plants"</p><p></p><p>I knew that deer prefer fertilized plots, I'm wondering if they can really distinguish phosphorus content or it just tastes better to them? Also wondering if they had tried the same for nitrogen and potassium?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lafn96, post: 5796077, member: 22826"] [URL='https://www.deer.psu.edu/pass-the-phosphorus/']Link[/URL] Did a study of same plants side-by-side, and came to the following conclusion - "It was phosphorus, not biomass, that had a positive influence on deer plant selection and phosphorus concentration explained almost half of the variation in plant selection. What does that mean? If you line up blocks of clover and winter wheat side by side, deer eat from the block that has the most phosphorus. Given that it is the SAME plant, it's the nutrient content driving the selection. Deer can distinguish phosphorus content in plants" I knew that deer prefer fertilized plots, I'm wondering if they can really distinguish phosphorus content or it just tastes better to them? Also wondering if they had tried the same for nitrogen and potassium? [/QUOTE]
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