Animal Migration: Catching the Wave

Authors

John M. Fryxell, University of Guelph
Tal Avgar, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Nature

Volume

490

Publisher

Nature Research

Publication Date

10-10-2012

First Page

182

Last Page

183

Abstract

Observations of the migration patterns of Norwegian red deer show that some animals ride waves of greener vegetation as spring spreads across the landscape, whereas others jump ahead in anticipation of this higher-quality food.

Recommended Citation

Fryxell, J.M., and T. Avgar (2012) Animal Migration: Catching the Wave. Nature, 490: 182-183.