Using cast antler characteristics to profile quality of white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus populations

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-58

  Ditchkoff, Stephen S ^a   Welch Jr , Edgar R ^a   Lochmiller, Robert L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cast antlers; Harvest bias; Harvest data; Odocoileus virginianus; Oklahoma; Quality deer management; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0034072112     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2000.031     Document Type: Article

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