leisurely grazing on most available plant foods. Their stomachs allow them to digest a varied diet, including leaves, twigs, fruits and nuts, grass, corn, alfalfa, and even lichens and other fungi. Occasionally venturing out in the daylight hours, white-tailed deer are primarily nocturnal or cr...
Presents guidelines on hunting for white-tailed deer. Stalking of nocturnal, older deers; Selection of areas for driving and posting; Trophy deer's choice of thick cover during start of hunting season; Increase of deer hunting...
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) movement studies have focused on movements of white-tailed deer at varying spatial scales, from large-scale dispersal and migration to small-scale movements within home ranges and habitats [1]. However, few studies have documented fine-scale temporal movement...
Thesaurus white-foot·ed mouse (wīt′fo͝ot′ĭd, hwīt′-) n. A small, primarily nocturnal mouse(Peromyscus leucopus)of central and eastern North America, having fur that is reddish brown on the back and white on the belly and feet. ...
Field mouse is a name applied to various wild-living mice in different parts of the world. The Old World field mice are species of the genusApodemus,closely related to the house mouse and found throughout Eurasia and North Africa. The widely distributed long-tailed field mouse,Apodemus sylvatic...
Ears short, black on the back, Central with 1 white spot. Dwelling in the forest, shrubs and weeds-ridden zone. Alone, no settlement, behavior, and nocturnal. Senses sharp, fierce, fast, good swimming, good climbing. Predator outdoor medium to large mammals such as deer, sheep, wild boar...
So the period being referenced is when he was below the earth having set with the sun and therefore no longer eating his accustomed nocturnal food. "a month at a time"— actually, Sirius is absent from the sky for two months. This is described as "a month" as a concession to realism...
Temporal refuge for fawns was likely the result of carnivores avoiding humans, simplifying diel risk of five species into a trade‐off between diurnal humans and nocturnal carnivores. Functional redundancy among multiple predators with shared behaviors may partially explain why white‐tailed deer f...
The deer appear to prefer fields when the moon is above the horizon, and forested habitat when the moon is below the horizon. The preference for open fields during moonlight periods may be determined by predator avoidance behavior in deer. Key Words: white-tailed deer, spatial analysis, GPS/...
The entropy budget of a white-tailed deer (50kg) on a maintenance diet and a full-feed diet in a standing posture in an open field under clear nocturnal skies with an air temperature of 20掳C is investigated based on the energetics given by Moen. Entropy inflow into a white-tailed deer...