Seasonal movements and home ranges of white-tailed deer in north-central South Dakota

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 876-885

  Grovenburg, T W ^a   Jenks, J A ^a   Klaver, R W ^b   Swanson, C C ^a   Jacques, C N ^c   Todey, D ^d  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USGS Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS)   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d South Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEER; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOME RANGE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PASTURE; RADIOTELEMETRY;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 71449094299     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z09-076     Document Type: Article

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