Influence of forage biomass and cover on deer space use at a fine scale: A controlled-density experiment

Ecoscience

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 262-272

  Coulombe, Marie Lou ^a   Huot, Jean ^a   Massé, Ariane ^a   Côté, Steeve D ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticosti Island; kriging; Odocoileus virginianus; population density; radiotelemetry; white tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEER; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; KRIGING; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE USE; SPACE USE; VEGETATION COVER;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 83155176932     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/18-3-3445     Document Type: Article

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