Spatial distributions of mule deer and North American elk: Resource partitioning in a sage-steppe environment

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 400-412

  Stewart, Kelley M ^a   Bowyer, R Terry ^b   Kie, John G ^b   Hurley, Mark A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c Idaho Department of Fish and Game   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEER; GIS; HABITAT SELECTION; HERBIVORE; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE USE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEPPE;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 77949517861     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-163.2.400     Document Type: Article

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