Long-distance movement of a white-tailed deer away from a chronic wasting disease area

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1635-1638

  Oyer, Anne M ^a,b   Mathews, Nancy E ^a   Skuldt, Lesa H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic wasting disease (CWD); Dispersal; Exploratory; Illinois; Long distance; Movement behavior; Odocoileus virginianus; White tailed deer; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

DEER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISPERSAL; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PRION DISEASE;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 48249116695     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-381     Document Type: Article

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