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Catching the wave

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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.

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Figure 1: Greener pastures.

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Figure 2: Surfers and jumpers.

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  1. John M. Fryxell and Tal Avgar are in the Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.,

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