White-tailed deer dispersal behavior in an agricultural environment

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 212-220

  Nixon, Charles M ^a,h   Mankin, Philip C ^b   Etter, Dwayne R ^c   Hansen, Lonnie P ^d   Brewer, Paul A ^e   Chelsvig, James E ^f   Esker, Terry L ^g   Sullivan, Joseph B ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^e Illinois Department Natural of Resources   (United States)

^f Forest Preserve District of Cook County   (United States)

^g ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^h Box 201A ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; DEER; FOREST COVER; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; NATAL DISPERSAL; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 33846863813     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)157[212:WDDBIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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