Spatial ecology of white-tailed deer fawns in the northern Great Plains: Implications of loss of conservation reserve program grasslands

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 632-644

  Grovenburg, Troy W ^a   Klaver, Robert W ^b   Jenks, Jonathan A ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation Reserve Program; CRP; fawn; home range; movement; northern Great Plains; Odocoileus virginianus; resource selection; South Dakota; white tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HOME RANGE; LAND COVER; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR; RESOURCE SELECTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WHEAT; WILD POPULATION;

GREAT PLAINS;

ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84859021911     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.288     Document Type: Article

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