Interaction among deer in a chronic wasting disease endemic zone

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1453-1461

  Silbernagel, Erin R ^a   Skelton, Nicole K ^a   Waldner, Cheryl L ^a   Bollinger, Trent K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

chronic wasting disease (CWD); disease transmission; interaction; mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; proximity; Saskatchewan; social behavior

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DATA SET; DEER; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GPS; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; NICHE OVERLAP; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREGNANCY; PRION DISEASE; PROBABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPACE USE; WETLAND;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 79960748898     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.172     Document Type: Article

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