Elk parturition site selection at local and landscape scales

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 646-654

  Barbknecht, Andrea E ^a   Fairbanks, W Sue ^a   Rogerson, Jared D ^b   Maichak, Eric J ^b   Scurlock, Brandon M ^b   Meadows, Laura L ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

birth site; calving behavior; Cervus elaphus; elk; habitat; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HETEROGENEITY; SITE SELECTION; VEGETATION COVER;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI; UNGULATA;

EID: 79955920995     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.100     Document Type: Article

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