Effects of elk harvest strategy on bull demographics and herd composition

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1032-1037

  Bender, Louis C ^a   Miller, Patrick J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Bull:cow ratios; Cervus elaphus; Elk; Harvest strategy; Mortality rates

Indexed keywords

DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; HARVESTING; SEX RATIO; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0342470621     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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