Mule deer survival among adjacent populations in southwest Idaho

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 311-321

  Bishop, Chad J ^a,c   Unsworth, James W ^a   Garton, Edward O ^b  

^a IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Fawn; Femur marrow fat; Idaho; Mortality; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Population management; Predation; Radiotelemetry; Survival; Winter malnutrition

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEER; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

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

ANIMALIA; CANIS LATRANS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PANTHERA LEO; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 18044390505     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069<0311:MDSAAP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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