Reporting-rate variability and precision of white-tailed deer harvest estimates in Pennsylvania

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 860-869

  Rosenberry, Christopher S ^a   Diefenbach, Duane R ^b   Wallingford, Bret D ^c  

^a Bureau of Wildlife Management   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pennsylvania Game Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Check station; Estimate; Harvest; Odocoileus virginianus; Pennsylvania; Precision; Registration; Report card; Reporting rate; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; HARVESTING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 12144281234     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0860:RVAPOW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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