Condition, survival, and cause-specific mortality of adult female mule deer in north-central New Mexico

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1118-1124

  Bender, Louis C ^a   Lomas, Laurie A ^a   Browning, Jason ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause specific mortality; Fat; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Precipitation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEER; FEMALE; LACTATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 34249808355     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-226     Document Type: Article

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