Time to reduction: Factors influencing management efficacy in sterilizing overabundant white-tailed deer

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 267-279

  Merrill, John A ^a   Cooch, Evan G ^a   Curtis, Paul D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth rate; Elasticity; Fertility control; Male limited; Management effort; Odocoileus virginianus; Reduction; Sterilization; Survival rate; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DEER; POPULATION REGULATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; STERILIZATION; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0038032980     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802768     Document Type: Article

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