Dispersal and Dispersion of Black-Tailed Deer: Models and Observations

Bunnell, Fred L.; Harestad, Alton S.

doi:10.2307/1380549

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“…This process was observed as early as one year of age (B05) but in general, it became established more progressively. These two types of males have already been observed by Festa Bianchet (1986) in bighorn and by Bunnel and Harestad (1983) in mule deer, where they note the existence of two phenotypes "non-dispersers" and "dispersers".…”

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Seasonal range use by European mouflon rams in medium altitude mountains

Dubois¹,

Quenette²,

Bideau³

et al. 1993

Acta Theriol.

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The dynamics of spatial distribution was followed in 18 radio-collared male mouflons Ovis ammon musimon (Pallas 1811) belonging to a population living in low mediterranean mountains. It was greatly modified with age and a marked interindividual variability was observed in young males. The modification of spatial behaviour appeared to be based on the process of progressive segregation of the sexes outside the rutting period. Spatial distribution by adult males seems to be more structured. However, ceftain males of at least 4 years of age were seen to be sedentary throughout the annual cycle which suggests that the social segregation of the sexes does not necessarly involve spatial segregation. The hypothesis of neotenization in males of the genus Ovis is supported. The rut ground is used with fidelity, being a site of particular spatial attachment, which could be related to the fact that it seems to be the birth site. Nevertheless, with age, fréquentation of the birth site steadily become reduced to functional use related to rutting activities.

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Seasonal range use by European mouflon rams in medium altitude mountains

Dubois¹,

Quenette²,

Bideau³

et al. 1993

Acta Theriol.

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“…The habitat of the black‐tailed deer ( Odocoileus hemionus columbianus ), for instance, is situated along the west coast of north America over a length of

L \approx 1500

km and a width of

k \approx 300

km. Given a mean natal dispersal distance of

σ \approx 3

km (Bunnell and Harestad ; Sutherland et al ), a range shift is only detectable if the population density is not larger than

4 L / (k σ^{2}) \approx 2.2

km −2 . The breeding range of the Piping Plover ( Charadrius melodus ) along the north American east coast has a length of

L \approx 1400

km.…”

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The Coalescent in Boundary-Limited Range Expansions

Jens

Hallatschek

2013

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“…They then establish new home ranges adjacent to or overlapping those of their mothers (29)(30)(31). The social system of mule deer and black-tailed deer is basically similar (32,33). Dispersal patterns and home-range distributions are also influenced by factors such as local productivity and population density.…”

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Mitochondrial DNA analysis of hybridization between sympatric white-tailed deer and mule deer in west Texas.

Carr¹,

Ballinger²,

Derr³

et al. 1986

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Sympatric populations of white-tailed deer and mule deer (Odocoileus virginianus and Odocoileus hemionus, respectively) on a west Texas ranch share a common mitochondrial DNA restriction map genotype. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that this genotype is more characteristic of 0.virginianus than of 0. hemionus. The genotype of west Texas deer differs from that of 0. virginianus from South Carolina by five mutational events (1.3% sequence divergence), whereas it differs from that of 0. hemionus from California by 17 events (5.5% divergence). We suggest that interspecies hybridization has occurred, primarily between mule deer bucks and whitetailed deer does, with preferential absorption of hybrid offspring into the mule deer gene pool. Introgressive hybridization may be involved in ongoing displacement of mule deer by white-tailed deer in west Texas.Natural hybridization between white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and mule deer or black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus) has long been suspected (1, 2). In New Mexico and west Texas, white-tailed deer have expanded their range westward at the expense of mule deer for some 40 years, and it has been suggested that hybridization might contribute to this displacement. Captive-breeding studies indicate that interspecific crosses are possible. Although most such matings are sterile, both reciprocal crosses can produce viable offspring, and at least some of these F1 progeny have been fertile in all backcross combinations (3, 4). This problem is of interest from both practical and theoretical considerations. Deer are among the most economically important wildlife species in the United States (5), and hybridization between species of ungulates or other large mammals appears to be rare in nature (6, 7). We are aware of only one published genetic study of natural hybridization among ungulates, a study of bison subspecies (8). Up to the present, the hypothesis of interspecies hybridization in deer has not been tested by quantitative genetic means.Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been used extensively in studies of population biology in recent years (9-11). The entire molecule has been sequenced in four vertebrate species, as a result of which the positions and natures of the coding sequences, tRNA genes, and rRNA regions are known. The gene order is identical in the four species sequenced thus far (12-15). Because mtDNA is a separate genetic system, outside the nucleus, and seems to be strictly maternally inherited, it has been used as a probe of interspecies gene flow (16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21).The two species of the genus Odocoileus are distributed throughout North America. Mule deer (including conspecific black-tailed deer of the Pacific Northwest) are primarily western animals, whereas white-tailed deer are more common in the central and eastern United States and in Central America. The two species are broadly sympatric over much oftheir range (22). They are distinguished morphologically by several criteria, including the form of the antlers and the size of the met...

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Dispersal and Dispersion of Black-Tailed Deer: Models and Observations

Cited by 37 publications

References 20 publications

Seasonal range use by European mouflon rams in medium altitude mountains

Seasonal range use by European mouflon rams in medium altitude mountains

The Coalescent in Boundary-Limited Range Expansions

Mitochondrial DNA analysis of hybridization between sympatric white-tailed deer and mule deer in west Texas.

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