An analysis of a recreational hunter's red deer tallies in the Tararua Ranges, North Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-18

  Lentle, R G ^b   Stafford, K J ^a   Potter, M A ^a   Springett, B P ^a   Dunning, D W ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cementum age; Cervus elaphus; Hunting tallies; Jaw length index; New Zealand; Red deer; Sex ratio; Tararua Ranges

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; MORPHOLOGY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SEX RATIO; UNGULATE;

NEW ZEALAND;

CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 0034055255     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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