Dynamics of mule deer forage in the Sonoran Desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 593-609

  Marshal, J P ^a   Krausman, P R ^a   Bleich, V C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

California; Forage dynamics; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Rainfall; Sonoran Desert

Indexed keywords

DEER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 8844238474     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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