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Article: Differences in timing of parturition, birthing sites, and bedding sites of fawns in sympatric populations of deer.(Report)
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- Southwestern Naturalist
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- September 1, 2009
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Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and white-tailed deer (0. virginianus) are sympatric along a general north-south zone from Alberta, Canada, through western Texas (Kramer, 1973; Hanley and Hanley, 1982; Stubblefield et al., 1986; Derr, 1991), although there are apparent differences in habitats occupied (Krausman and Ables, 1981; Geist, 1998). Mule deer have been in decline throughout most of the West (Denney, 1976; Ballard et al., 2001; deVos, Jr. et al., 2003), while white-tailed deer have remained stable or even increased in some places (Wiggers and Beasom, 1986; W. F. Harwell and H. G. Gore, in litt.). Some believe predation is the primary cause for decline in mule deer, ...