Literature review of mule deer and white-tailed deer movements in western and midwestern landscapes

Great Plains Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-231

  Hygnstrom, Scott E ^a   Groepper, Scott R ^a   VerCauteren, Kurt C ^b   Frost, Chuck J ^a   Boner, Justin R ^a   Kinsell, Travis C ^a   Clements, Greg M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Migration; Movements; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Odocoileus virginianus; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEER; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 55549141179     PISSN: 10525165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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