Effects of season and scale on response of elk and mule deer to habitat manipulation

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1133-1142

  Long, Ryan A ^a,b   Rachlow, Janet L ^a   Kie, John G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Fuels reduction; Manipulative experiment; Odocoileus hemionus; Oregon; Utilization distribution

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DEER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPACE USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THINNING;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; STARKEY EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; BOS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 48249099719     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-337     Document Type: Article

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