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Home Range Characteristics of Sympatric moose and White-tailed Deer in Northern Minnesota: Author: Cobb, McCrea Andrew; Date: 2004-05-15; Program: Fish and Wildlife Management; Abstract: moose (Alces alces) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) population numbers in northern Minnesota have fluctuated recently, possibly due to habitat changes, interspecific competition, and meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis). Little is known currently about the relative distribution and home range characteristics of sympatric moose and white-tailed deer in this area. Surveys were conducted during the winters of 1989 and 1991 to determine the relative distributions of moose and whitetailed deer pellet groups in Voyageurs National Park (VNP). moose and white-tailed deer home ran...; Download File | View full details