Seasonal ranges and site fidelity of adult male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Southern Texas

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Hellickson, Mickey W ^a,c   Campbell, Tyler A ^b   Miller, Karl V ^a   Marchinton, R Larry ^a   DeYoung, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^c King Ranch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 41149131860     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2008)53[1:SRASFO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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