Table 4. Mean winter diets of livestock and wildlife.
| Sheep/Goat | Plateau pika | Tibetan Gazelle | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n | 8 | 12 | 2 |
| Grasses | |||
| Elymus | 8.7 | 1.0 | |
| Festuca | 1.3 | ||
| Leymus | 7.6 | 11.0 | |
| Poa | 23.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
| Roegneria | 2.7 | ||
| Stipa | 15.7 | 20.0 | |
| Deschampsia | 5.6 | ||
| Other Grass | 1.3 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| Sedges | |||
| Carex | 7.6 | 47.6 | 4.0 |
| Kobresia | 3.3 | ||
| Dicots | |||
| Artemisia | 2.8 | 34.6 | |
| Astragalus | 1.4 | 0.5 | |
| Chenopodium | 1.0 | ||
| Ephedra | 0.3 | 10.5 | |
| Galium | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
| Krascheninnikovia | 8.0 | ||
| Oxytropis | 3.0 | 5.9 | 29.0 |
| Pedicularis | 0.9 | ||
| Polygonum | 0.2 | 3.5 | |
| Potentilla | 0.7 | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| Saussurea | 0.3 | ||
| Other Forb | 1.2 | 4.9 | 2.9 |
Data were collected at village Five, Gouli Township, Dulan County, China, January-March 2010; values estimated from fecal micro-histological analysis to genus level. Entries are the mean percent frequency, where each sample was generated from presence of the species on a 10 x 10 grid superimposed on the microscope slide.