Seasonal movements and Home-range use by female pronghorns in sagebrush-steppe communities of western south dakota

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 433-441

  Jacques, Christopher N ^a,c   Jenks, Jonathan A ^a,c   Klaver, Robert W ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antilocapra americana; Dispersal; Home range; Migration; Pronghorn; Seasonal movement; South Dakota

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISPERSAL; FORAGE; HOME RANGE; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; POPULATION SIZE; RUMINANT; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FALL RIVER COUNTY; HARDING COUNTY [SOUTH DAKOTA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA; ANTILOCAPRIDAE; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 65949118694     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-395.1     Document Type: Article

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