Winter resource selection of reintroduced elk and sympatric white-tailed deer at multiple spatial scales

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 614-624

  Jenkins, Deborah A ^a   Schaefer, James A ^a   Rosatte, Rick ^b   Bellhouse, Tim ^b   Hamr, Josef ^c   Mallory, Frank F ^d  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c Cambrian College   (Canada)

^d LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canonical variate analysis; Cervus elaphus; Diet; Elk; Habitat selection; Odocoileus virginianus; Ontario; Reintroduction; Scale

Indexed keywords

DEER; DIETARY OVERLAP; DIETARY SHIFT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; RESOURCE SELECTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; UNGULATA;

EID: 34347227469     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-010R1.1     Document Type: Article

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