Mule deer survival in Colorado, Idaho, and Montana

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 315-326

  Unsworth, James W ^a   Pac, David F ^b   White, Gary C ^c   Bartmann, Richard M ^d  

^a IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

Beta binomial distribution; Body size; Colorado; Idaho; Montana; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Population; Sex specific survival; Winter mortality

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE;

UNITED STATES;

ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 0033005313     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802515     Document Type: Article

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