Timing of seasonal migration in mule deer: Effects of climate, plant phenology, and life-history characteristics

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Monteith, Kevin L ^a,b   Bleich, Vernon C ^a,b   Stephenson, Thomas R ^a,b   Pierce, Becky M ^a,b   Conner, Mary M ^b,d   Klaver, Robert W ^c   Bowyer, Terry ^a  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Life history characteristics; Mule deer; NDVI; Nutritional condition; Odocoileus hemionus; Plant phenology; Risk averse; Risk prone; Sierra Nevada; Snow depth; Trophic mismatch

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051974583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES10-00096.1     Document Type: Article

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