Influence of well pad activity on winter habitat selection patterns of mule deer

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1052-1061

  Sawyer, Hall ^a,b   Kauffman, Matthew J ^b   Nielson, Ryan M ^a  

^a WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

gas development; habitat selection; liquids gathering system (LGS); mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; predation risk; resource selection function; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

DEER; DIRECT DRILLING; GAS FIELD; GAS PIPELINE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GPS; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MITIGATION; PREDATION RISK; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE SELECTION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; WINTER;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 70449339220     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-478     Document Type: Article

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