Failure of the tooth cementum aging technique with reduced population density of deer

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 722-724

  McCullough, Dale R ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ecosystem Sciences Division

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Wildlife Society

Author keywords

Black tailed deer; Cementum annuli; Odocoileus hemionus columbianus; Odocoileus virginianus; Population density; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030428257     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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