Survival and space use of fawn white-tailed deer in southern Michigan

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 403-412

  Hiller, Tim L ^a   Campa III, Henry ^a   Winterstein, Scott R ^a   Rudolph, Brent A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGROFORESTRY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEER; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOME RANGE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; PARTURITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPACE USE; SURVIVAL;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BOVIDAE; CANIDAE; CERVIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 42449084453     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2008)159[403:SASUOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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