Multiple proximate and ultimate causes of natal dispersal in white-tailed deer

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1235-1242

  Long, Eric S ^a,c   Diefenbach, Duane R ^a   Rosenberry, Christopher S ^b   Wallingford, Bret D ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bureau of Wildlife Management   (United States)

^c SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Dispersal probability; Dispersal rate; Proximate cause; Sex biased dispersal; Sociobiology

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; NATAL DISPERSAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; SOCIOBIOLOGY;

ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 56449101238     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn082     Document Type: Article

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