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Tracking Deer Habitat by Satellite

New satellite-based research suggests that mule deer mothers are in tune with their environment, with reproduction patterns closely matching the cycles of plant growth in their habitat.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using NDVI data from Aqua/MODIS and mule deer habitat data courtesy of Stoner et al. (2016). Caption by Tassia Owen with Mike Carlowicz.

Published March 22, 2016
Data acquired 2004 - 2016

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
In situ Measurement