White-tailed deer in a patchy environment: A test of the ideal-free-distribution theory

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1261-1272

  Kohlmann, Stephan G ^a,b   Risenhoover, Kenneth L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Ideal free distribution; Odocoileus virginianus; Patch use; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0007981438     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383069     Document Type: Article

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