Winter resource selection by female mule deer Odocoileus hemionus: Functional response to spatio-temporal changes in habitat

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-163

  Anderson, Eric D ^a,b   Long, Ryan A ^a   Paul Atwood, M ^a,b   Kie, John G ^a   Thomas, Terry R ^b   Zager, Peter ^b   Terry Bowyer, R ^b  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

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

Author keywords

habitat change; Idaho; mule deer; odds ratio; Odocoileus hemionus; resource selection function

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CERVIDAE; JUNIPERUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84867373238     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/11-048     Document Type: Article

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