From the field: Changes in ranges of Florida Key deer - Does population density matter?

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 343-348

  Lopez, Roel R ^a   Harveson, Patricia M ^a   Peterson, M Nils ^a,c   Silvy, Nova J ^a   Frank, Philip A ^b,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual ranges; Density effects; Florida Key deer; Odocoileus virginianus clavium; Seasonal ranges; Urban development; Urban white tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; HABITAT QUALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS CLAVIUM;

EID: 22244437273     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[343:FTFCIR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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