Applying landscape-scale habitat-potential models to understand deer spatial structure and movement patterns

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 804-810

  Felix, Alexandra B ^a   Walsh, Daniel P ^a   Hughey, Brandi D ^b   Campa, Henry ^a   Winterstein, Scott R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deer management units; Habitat potential; Habitat type; Michigan; Migration; Odocoileus virginianus; Spatial structure; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DEER; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; PREDICTION;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 53949088475     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-366     Document Type: Article

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