Survival, cause-specific mortality, and harvesting of male black-tailed deer in washington

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 870-878

  Bender, Louis C ^a,e   Schirato, Greg A ^b   Spencer, Rocky D ^c   McAllister, Kelly R ^d   Murphie, Bryan L ^b  

^a WA Department of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

^b WA State Department of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

^c WA Department of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

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

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black tailed deer; Cause specific mortality; Harvesting; Odocoileus hemionus columbianus; Population reconstruction; Survival

Indexed keywords

DEER; HARVESTING; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 12144277317     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0870:SCMAHO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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