Understanding variation in autumn migration of northern white-tailed deer by long-term study

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1529-1539

  Fieberg, John ^a   Kuehn, David W ^a   Delgiudice, Glenn D ^a,b  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autumn migration; Interval censored; Long term study; Migration; Odocoileus virginianus; White tailed deer; Winter severity

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DEER; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; WEATHER; WINTER;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; SILLAGO SIHAMA;

EID: 48249111979     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-277.1     Document Type: Article

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