. Ecology of sympatric populations of mule deer and white-tailed deer in a prairie environment . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 MONTH Fig. 17. Monthly average activity radius (mean ± SE) for female white-tailed deer on the Cherry Creek area, 1983-1985. Numbers of deer are recorded above each point. whitetails (Fig. 17) revealed relatively large movements during all months except June and July. More importantly, monthly AARs varied widely among individuals. All of this indicated that each whitetail developed a unique pattern of home range use and movements in response t
. Ecology of sympatric populations of mule deer and white-tailed deer in a prairie environment . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 MONTH Fig. 17. Monthly average activity radius (mean ± SE) for female white-tailed deer on the Cherry Creek area, 1983-1985. Numbers of deer are recorded above each point. whitetails (Fig. 17) revealed relatively large movements during all months except June and July. More importantly, monthly AARs varied widely among individuals. All of this indicated that each whitetail developed a unique pattern of home range use and movements in response to the distribution of resources available to it. During 1983 and 1984, eleven (46%) of 24 females occupied home ranges consisting of a variable number of intensively used subareas, as described by Sparrowe and Springer (1970) and Ingliset al. (1979). Eight (33%) moved an average of km (range, km) during autumn to areas nearer grainfields. The remaining 5 females (21%) moved between 2 or more distinct ranges at various times of the year. One of these moved between 2 ranges separated by 13 km; the northern range was used during spring, the southern during summer, and either during autumn and winter. Another occupied 3 distinct ranges; an autumn range (Aug-Nov), a winter range (Dec- Apr), and an intermediate fawning range (May-Jul). Distance from fawning to autumn range was km, that from autumn to winter range was km, and that from fawning to winter range was km. The other 3 used 1 range during spring and autumn and another during summer and winter. Female white-tailed deer exhibited individual patterns of movement that ranged from relatively small, stable home ranges to erratic shifts within very large home ranges. Study-long AARs varied from to km; polygons ranged from to km2 (Table 19). In contrast to mule deer, individual whitetails occupied smaller (/><) ranges during summer than winter. Home ranges of white-tailed deer o
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