Mortality and survival of white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus fawns on a north Atlantic coastal island

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 237-247

  Long, Robert A ^a,b   O'Connell Jr , Allan F ^a   Harrison, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Greater Laurentian Wildlands Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Coyotes; Fawn; Maine; Mortality; Odocoileus virginianus; Survival; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0031791906     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1998.021     Document Type: Article

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