Home range and movement rates of female exurban white-tailed deer

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 987-994

  Rhoads, Craig L ^a   Bowman, Jacob L ^a   Eyler, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

ecology; exurban; home range; Maryland; movement; Odocoileus virginianus; radiotelemetry; white tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; HARVESTING; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE; SITE FIDELITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CECIL COUNTY; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 77953934871     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-005     Document Type: Article

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