Factors affecting habitat use and distribution of desert mule deer in an arid environment

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 609-619

  Marshal, Jason P ^a,c   Bleich, Vernon C ^b   Krausman, Paul R ^a   Reed, Mickey Lynn ^a   Andrew, Nancy G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c California Department of Fish and Game ^*

Author keywords

California; Desert mule deer; Habitat; Odocoileus hemionus eremicus; Resource selection; Sonoran desert; Wildlife water developments

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CATCHMENT; DEER; ELEVATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT USE; NDVI; SLOPE; WATER RESOURCE;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 33751243626     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[609:FAHUAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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