DeerKBS: A knowledge-based system for white-tailed deer management

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 177-192

  Xie, Jialong ^a   Liu, Jianguo ^a   Doepker, Robert ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Deer management; DeerKBS; Knowledge based system; Odocoileus virginianus; Social carrying capacity; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242572283     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00264-2     Document Type: Article

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