A Long-Term Assessment of the Variability in Winter Use of Dense Conifer Cover by Female White-Tailed Deer
Figure 3
Date-time plots illustrating individual variability in use of dense (≥70% canopy closure), moderately dense (40% ≤×<70% canopy closure), and open conifer cover (<40% canopy closure), and open non-conifer types (openings and hardwood types) by adult (≥1.5 years old), female white-tailed deer monitored using Global Positioning System (GPS) collars collecting locations hourly or every four hours on four study sites, north-central Minnesota, 23 January–14 April 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005.
The solid black line represents average weekly snow depths.