Migrating mule deer compensate en route for phenological mismatches

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• who: Anna C. Ortega from the Animal capture and handling From, we captured n=, adult female mule deer (>1-yrold) in the Red Desert near Rock Springs, Wyoming, USA (41u00b0, u2032N, u00b0, u2032W) as part of a long-term studyWe recaptured deer each March and December for a total of n=, animal-years of data (Supplementary Methods). All deer were captured via helicopter netgunning46, . Mule deer in this portion of the Sublette Herd migrate a variety of distances to their summer ranges in northwestern Wyoming39, . Herein, we focused on n=, long-distance migrants (n=, animal-years) that . . .
  

   

  

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