Movement and cropping rate influences forage selectivity of deer. Previously, I found that male and female black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) had similar cropping rates on acorns. Herein, I tested whether movement rates differed between the sexes when deer fed on acorns. I detected a relationship between movement rate and acorn abundance but no intersexual differences in movement. Male and female deer foraged on acorns in a similar manner because they had similar movement and cropping rates.
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1 March 2004
MOVEMENT OF MALE AND FEMALE BLACK-TAILED DEER FORAGING ON ACORNS
Weckerly Floyd W
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acorns
black-tailed deer
foraging movement
intersexual resource partitioning
Odocoileus hemionus columbianus