Aggressive defensive behavior by free-ranging white-tailed deer

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1218-1223

  Grovenburg, Troy W ^a   Jenks, Jonathan A ^a   Jacques, Christopher N ^b   Klaver, Robert W ^c   Swanson, Christopher C ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensive behavior; Maternal investment; Neonate; Odocoileus virginianus; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DEER; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MATERNAL CARE; NEONATE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SURVIVAL;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 70350513337     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-360.1     Document Type: Article

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