Diets, movements, and consequences of providing wildlife food plots for white-tailed deer in central North Dakota

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2719-2726

  Smith, Jason R ^a,c   Sweitzer, Richard A ^a   Jensen, William F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b North Dakota Game and Fish Department   (United States)

^c North Dakota Game and Fish Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Depredation; Diet analysis; Habitat use; Home range; North Dakota; Odocoileus virginianus; Seasonal movements; Survival; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DEER; DIET; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUNTING; LAND USE CHANGE; MOVEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 48249117484     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-379     Document Type: Article

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