Survival rates, mortality causes, and habitats of Pennsylvania white-tailed deer fawns

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 542-553

  Vreeland, Justin K ^a,b,d   Diefenbach, Duane R ^b,d,e,f,g   Wallingford, Bret D ^a,c,h  

^a Pennsylvania Game Commission   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pennsylvania Game Commission   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^h NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bear; Canis latrans; Coyote; Fawn; Habitat; Hunting; Landscape; Mortality; Odocoileus virginianus; Pennsylvania; Predation; Survival; Ursus americanus; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; HUNTING; MORTALITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 3242659300     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[542:SRMCAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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