Cause-specific mortality and survival of white-tailed deer fawns in southwestern lower Michigan

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 743-751

  Burroughs, Jordan Pusateri ^a   Campa III, Henry ^a   Winterstein, Scott R ^a   Rudolph, Brent A ^b   Moritz, William E ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fawn; Home range; Hunting; Michigan; Mortality; Odocoileus virginianus; Radiocollar; Survival; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; HOME RANGE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANGE SIZE; SURVIVAL;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS LATRANS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 33746374342     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[743:CMASOW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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