Mule deer seasonal movements and multiscale resource selection using global positioning system radiotelemetry

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 736-744

  D'Eon, Robert G ^a   Serrouya, Robert ^a  

^a C43 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Global positioning system radiotelemetry; Landscape pattern indices; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Resource selection; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

DEER; GPS; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESOURCE SELECTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS HEMIONUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 24144500327     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086[0736:MDSMAM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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