Effect of density reduction on overwinter survival of free-ranging mule deer fawns

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 214-225

  White, Gary C ^a   Bartmann, Richard M ^b  

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

^b Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cervids; Colorado; Compensatory mortality; Density dependence; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Radiotelemetry; Survival

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; MULE DEER; OVERWINTERING; SURVIVAL;

ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 0031897319     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802281     Document Type: Article

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