CHAPTER 8. HOME RANGE AND MOVEMENTS 211 



Factors Affecting Home Range Size and Use 213 



Factors Affecting Summer Home Range Size of Fawns 216 



Monthly Patterns of Movements 218 



Emigration 218 



Individual Strategies 221 



Discussion 233 



CHAPTER 9. HABITAT USE AND INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONS 239 



Food Habits 239 



Seasonal Patterns 239 



Summer 239 



Autumn 240 



Winter 242 



Spring 244 



Discussion 244 



General Patterns of Habitat Use 245 



Use and Selection of Vegetation Cover Types 246 



Influence of Vegetational Diversity on Habitat 



Use 251 



Influence of Topographic Diversity of Habitat Use-252 

 Influence of Free Water on Habitat Use 253 



Patterns of Habitat Selection by Sex and Age Class 256 



Vegetation Cover Types 256 



Vegetational Diversity and Topography 258 



Distance to Free Water 260 



Relationship Between Mule Deer Density and Habitat 



Selection 260 



Seasonal Differences in Habitat Use Among Migratory 



Deer 261 



Mule Deer Habitat Use in Relation to Elk and Cattle 263 



Mule Deer and Elk 264 



Mule Deer and Cattle 270 



Effect of Cattle and Elk on Mule Deer Population 



Performance 271 



Summary and Discussion 275 



CHAPTER 10. POPULATION-HABITAT RELATIONSHIPS 278 



Mule Deer-Forage Interactions 278 



Forage Quantity 278 



Forage Quality 283 



Contribution of the Fixed-Stable Habitat Base to 



Population Dynamics 284 



Discussion 289 



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