Foraging efficiency: Energy expenditure versus energy gain in free-ranging black-tailed deer

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 442-450

  Parker, Katherine L ^a,c   Gillingham, Michael P ^a,c   Hanley, Thomas A ^b   Robbins, Charles T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK-TAILED DEER; BODY MASS; CONDITION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; SITKA BLACK-TAILED DEER;

USA, ALASKA;

ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS SITKENSIS;

EID: 0029730577     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z96-051     Document Type: Article

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