| dc.creator |
Avey , Josh T . |
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| dc.date |
2011 -02 -18T22 :18 :44Z |
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| dc.date |
2012 -06 -01T14 :16 :39Z |
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| dc.date |
2011 -02 -18T22 :18 :44Z |
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| dc.date |
2012 -06 -01T14 :16 :39Z |
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| dc.date |
2011 -02 -18T22 :18 :44Z |
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| dc.date |
2001 -01 -01 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2012 -11 -29T19 :39 :09Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2012 -11 -29T19 :39 :09Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2012 -11 -29 |
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| dc.identifier |
http : / /hdl .handle .net /2346 /17966 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http : / /hdl .handle .net /2346 /17966 |
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| dc.description |
My objective was to determine landscape and ecological parameters that serve as spatial separators between desert mule deer and white -tailed deer . My goal was to develop recommendations that landowners could use to manage habitats for both deer species .
I separated the analysis into two separate chapters . Chapter II investigates landscape separation considering ecological parameters that serve as spatial separators between desert mule deer and white -tailed deer . The predictions I tested were as follows : (1 ) mule deer use steeper slopes than white -tailed deer ; (2 ) desert mule deer occur at higher elevations than white -tailed deer ; (3 ) there were no differences between topography selected by desert mule deer and white -tailed deer ; and (4 ) habitats used b > white -tailed deer had greater shrub densities (plants >1 m ) than habitats used by desert mule deer .
Chapter III considers landscape separation based on signature classifications of satellite imagery . I tested two predictions with classified data . First , areas with different vegetation structure will project different pixel signatures . Second , habitat used by desert mule deer will possess different pixel signatures than the habitat used by white - tailed deer . |
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| dc.language |
en _US |
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| dc.publisher |
Texas Tech University |
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| dc.rights |
unrestricted |
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| dc.subject |
Mule deer |
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| dc.subject |
White -tailed deer |
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| dc.title |
Habitat relationships between a sympatric mule and white -tailed deer population in South -Central Texas |
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| dc.type |
Electronic Thesis |
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