Is social learning an important influence on foraging behavior in white-tailed deer?
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Research established that the use of hand-reared white-tailed deer in foraging experiments is valid. This practice has been questioned under the rationale that natural foraging behavior may be influenced by learning from social models. An experiment, conducted amongst groups of adult hand-reared deer, experienced fawns and naive fawns, revealed that, when the deer were offered an identical selection of possible foods, the naive fawns chose a similar diet to the adult deer and the experienced fawns. Hand-reared and wild deer populations also displayed similar eating patterns. This indicates that foraging behavior must be innate.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 1997
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Diets, movements, and consequences of providing wildlife food plots for white-trailed deer in central North Dakota
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The diets, habitat use, and movements of white-tailed deer a large wildlife management areas (WMA) in central North Dakota are investigated to understand how the animals are responding to management designed to enhance wildlife populations.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 2007
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Femur-marrow fat of white-tailed deer fawns killed by wolves
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The low femur-marrow fat (MF) of white-tailed deer fawns due to poor nutritional conditions makes them susceptible to wolf-attacks and an easy prey for the wolf.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 2007
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