Summer diet of two white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, populations living at low and high density in Southern Québec

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 360-367

  Daigle, Claude ^a,d   Crête, Michel ^a,c   Lesage, Louis ^b,d   Ouellet, Jean Pierre ^c   Huot, Jean ^b  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Canada; Density; Diet; Forest; Odocoileus virginianus; Plant; Qu bec; White tailed Deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; SUMMER;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; POACEAE;

EID: 27644597081     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v118i3.13     Document Type: Article

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