Population characteristics of a central Appalachian white-tailed deer herd

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 212-221

  Campbell, Tyler A ^a,b,d   Laseter, Benjamin R ^a   Ford, W Mark ^c,e   Miller, Karl V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^c USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station Parsons   (United States)

^d National Wildlife Research Center   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Mortality; Odocoileus virginianus; Recruitment; Reproduction; Survival; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; DEER; MORTALITY; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 22244486682     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[212:PCOACA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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