Effects of tooth extraction on body condition and reproduction of mule deer

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 233-236

  Bleich, Vernon C ^a   Stephenson, Thomas R ^a   Holste, Nathan J ^b   Snyder, Ian C ^b   Marshal, Jason P ^c   McGrath, Philip W ^a   Pierce, Becky M ^a  

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

^b Science Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; California; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Technique; Tooth extraction

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BODY CONDITION; EXTRACTION; REPRODUCTION; TOOTH; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 0038476993     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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