Effectiveness of vaginal implant transmitters for locating neonatal mule deer fawns

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 338-344

  Johnstone Yellin, Tamara L ^a   Shipley, Lisa A ^a   Myers, Woodrow L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth site; Fawning behavior; Fawns; Mule deer; Neonates; Nursing behavior; Odocoileus hemionus; Parturition; Radiotelemetry; Transmitter; Vaginal implant

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEER; NEONATE; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RADIOTELEMETRY;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 33745612715     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[338:EOVITF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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