Excursive behaviors by female white-tailed deer during estrus at two Mid-Atlantic sites

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 366-373

  Kolodzinski, Jeffrey J ^a   Tannenbaum, Lawrence V ^b   Muller, Lisa I ^c   Osborn, David A ^a   Adams, Kent A ^d   Conner, Mark C ^e   Ford, W Mark ^f   Miller, Karl V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d National Wild Turkey Federation   (United States)

^e Chesapeake Farms   (United States)

^f US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING SEASON; DEER; GPS; MATE CHOICE; MATE LOCATION; MOVEMENT; RANGE SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO;

MID-ATLANTIC STATES; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 77949514615     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-163.2.366     Document Type: Article

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