Variance in survival of young mule deer in the Sierra Nevada, California

California Fish and Game

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-38

  Bleich, Vernon C ^a   Pierce, Becky M ^a   Jones, Jennifer L ^b   Bowyer, R Terry ^c  

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

^b Science Department   (United States)

^c Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEER; JUVENILE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 33644784952     PISSN: 00081078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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