Genetic implications of reduced survival of male red deer Cervus elaphus under harvest

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 427-441

  Hard, Jeffrey J ^a   Scott Mills, L ^b   Peek, James M ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Effective population size; Elk; Fitness; Harvest; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 33845957529     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2006)12[427:GIORSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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