Supplemental feeding alters migration of a temperate ungulate

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1769-1779

  Jones, Jennifer D ^a   Kauffman, Matthew J ^a   Monteith, Kevin L ^a   Scurlock, Brandon M ^b   Albeke, Shannon E ^c   Cross, Paul C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carryover effects; Elk; Feedgrounds; Migration; Nutritional condition; Partial migration; Plant phenology; Stopover; Supplemental feeding; Ungulates; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GPS; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; UNGULATE;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

UNGULATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; WYOMING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WYOMING;

EID: 84907997442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2092.1     Document Type: Article

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