A research perspective on white-tailed deer overabundance in the northeastern United States

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 259-264

  Healy, William M ^a,c,d,e   DeCalesta, David S ^b,f,g   Stout, Susan L ^b,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c US Forest Service   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h State University   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deer; Odocoileus virginianus; Overabundance; Research

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MANAGEMENT; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RESEARCH NEED;

USA, (NORTHEAST);

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0030869547     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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