Influences of forest type, stand age, and weather on deer weights and antler size in the Southern Appalachians

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-18

  Ford, William M ^a   Johnson, A Sydney ^a   Hale, Philip E ^a   Wentworth, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0008525225     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/21.1.11     Document Type: Article

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