Effects of supplemental feeding and density of white-tailed deer on rodents

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 675-681

  Moseley, William A ^a,c   Cooper, Susan M ^b   Hewitt, David G ^a   Fulbright, Timothy E ^a   Deyoung, Charles A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

food distribution; herbivores; Odocoileus virginianus; rodents; South Texas; spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BROWSING; DEER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HERBIVORE; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFALL; RANGELAND; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79955901787     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.71     Document Type: Article

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