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Advantages of habitat selection and sexual segregation in mule and white-tailed deer

Creator:

Main, Martin Benjamin

Abstract:

I studied sexual segregation in mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and white-tailed deer (Q. virginianus) in different environments and at different population densities to test the hypothesis that sexual segregation occurs in ungulates as the result of different reproductive strategies; females select habitat and behave in manners primarily designed to promote...

Resource Type:

Dissertation