Crop, native vegetation, and biofuels: Response of white-tailed deer to changing management priorities

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-344

  Walter, W David ^a   Vercauteren, Kurt C ^a   Gilsdorf, Jason M ^b   Hygnstrom, Scott E ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Conservation Reserve Program; Core area; Crop; Habitat use; Home range; Odocoileus virginianus; Radiotelemetry; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; CROP; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GRASS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; NATIVE SPECIES; PRIVATE LAND; PROTECTED AREA; RADIOTELEMETRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

DESOTO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 76349099424     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-162     Document Type: Article

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