Using doe behavior and vaginal-implant transmitters to capture neonate white-tailed deer in north-central Minnesota

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 634-641

  Carstensen, Michelle ^a   DelGiudice, Glenn D ^a,b   Sampson, Barry A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth site; Deer neonates; Odocoileus virginianus; Reproduction; Vaginal implant transmitter; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; DEER; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NEONATE; REPRODUCTION;

UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0142216195     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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