Habitat use patterns of sympatric deer species on Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1114-1123

  Whittaker, Donald G ^a,b   Lindzey, Frederick G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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

^c WY Coop Fish and Wildl Res Unit

Author keywords

Competition; Habitat; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Odocoileus virginianus; Spatial; Sympatry; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; DIET; HABITAT USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN ARSENAL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 15544380055     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[1114:HUPOSD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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