Stochastic recruitment in white-tailed deer along an environmental gradient

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 713-720

  Ginnett, Tim F ^a   Young, E L Butch ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental stochasticity; Odocoileus virginianus; Precipitation; Recruitment; Texas; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECRUITMENT; UNGULATE;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0033919131     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802741     Document Type: Article

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