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Table 2 Transition matrix indicating the percentage of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) captured between 2014 and 2019 in Utah, USA that exhibited a specific strategy in one year (column) and switched to another strategy in the next year (row) or exhibited the same strategy again (main diagonal, italic)

From: Variation in movement patterns of mule deer: have we oversimplified migration?

 

Dual-range migrant

Multi-range migrant

Commuter

Poly-migrant

Disperser

Resident

Gradual mover

Dual-range migrant

67.8

45.5

25.0

20.0

45.5

21.6

66.7

Multi-range migrant

21.2

45.5

25.0

40.0

18.2

9.5

16.7

Commuter

0.7

0.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Poly-migrant

0.7

1.8

0.0

20.0

4.5

0.0

0.0

Disperser

4.8

1.8

0.0

20.0

22.7

2.7

0.0

Resident

3.7

3.6

25.0

0.0

4.5

62.2

16.7

Gradual mover

1.1

0.9

25.0

0.0

4.5

4.1

0.0