A paleozoological perspective on white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus texana) population density and body size in central Texas

Environmental Management

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 545-552

  Wolverton, Steve ^a   Kennedy, James H ^a   Cornelius, John D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b Orion Research and Management Services Inc   (United States)

^c Natural Resources Branch Fort Hood   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Management; Overabundance; Paleozoology; Population density; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; OVERABUNDANCE; PALEOZOOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

ABUNDANCE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; DEER; EVOLUTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREHISTORIC; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WHITE TAILED DEER;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEER; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TALUS; TEXAS; ZOOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 33947305427     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-006-0240-8     Document Type: Article

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