[DOWNLOAD] "Social Relationships of White-Tailed Deer in Illinois." by Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Social Relationships of White-Tailed Deer in Illinois.
- Author : Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science
- Release Date : January 01, 2007
- Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 192 KB
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ABSTRACT Social relationships of 633 marked white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were studied on 3 areas in central and northern Illinois, 1980-1993, where landscapes are dominated by agriculture. Deer showed some unique social behaviors including formation of large mixed sex groups following crop harvest that remained intact until spring, much higher spring dispersal of female fawns and yearlings, and higher associations of yearlings with maternally related deer in summer and early fall compared with deer observed in southern Illinois. Other intraspecfic associations and behaviors were similar to those described for deer in the more wooded parts of Illinois. Dispersals of both sexes into areas devoid of deer in the spring remains an important aspect of hunting success in central and northern Illinois each fall.