White-tailed deer use of clearings relative to forage availability

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 733-741

  Stewart, Kelley M ^a,c   Fulbright, Timothy E ^a   Drawe, D Lynn ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Concealment cover; Forage quality; Forage maturation hypothesis; Odocoileus virginianus; South Texas; Subtropical thorn woodland; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; UNGULATE; WOODLAND;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0033937405     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802743     Document Type: Article

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