Dispersal by yearling male white-tailed deer and implications for management

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 366-376

  McCoy, J Evan ^a   Hewitt, David G ^a   Bryant, Fred C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Dispersal; Landscape use; Mortality; Odocoileus virginianus; Simulation; Texas; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; DISPERSAL; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 18044381934     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069<0366:DBYMWD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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