Contrasting the summer ecology of white-tailed deer inhabiting a forested and an agricultural landscape

Ecoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 459-469

  Rouleau, Isabelle ^a   Crěte, Michel ^a   Ouellet, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity; Behavior; Food; Odocoileus virginianus; Overgrazing; Qu bec; Summer; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGRICULTURAL LAND; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; SUMMER;

CANADA; QUEBEC;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0036928371     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2002.11682734     Document Type: Article

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