Forest cover influences dispersal distance of white-tailed deer

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 623-629

  Long, Eric S ^a   Diefenbach, Duane R ^a   Rosenberry, Christopher S ^b   Wallingford, Bret D ^a,b   Grund, Marrett D ^b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bureau of Wildlife Management   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal distance; Dispersal rate; Emigration; Forest cover; Fragmentation; Landscape; Odocoileus virginianus; Transfer; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; DISPERSAL; EMIGRATION; FOREST COVER;

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

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 20444395482     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[623:FCIDDO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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