Managing an overabundant deer population by sterilization: Effects of immigration, stochasticity and the capture process

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 268-277

  Merrill, John A ^a   Cooch, Evan G ^a   Curtis, Paul D ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Capture response; Immigration; Odocoileus virginianus; Overabundance; Population control; Sterilization; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEER; FERTILITY; GROWTH RATE; IMMIGRATION; POPULATION DECLINE; STERILIZATION;

CAYUGA COUNTY; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 33646475585     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[268:MAODPB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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