Evaluation of techniques for categorizing group membership of white-tailed deer

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1712-1716

  Monteith, Kevin L ^a   Sexton, Chad L ^b   Jenks, Jonathan A ^a   Bowyer, R Terry ^c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Group membership; Minnesota; Odocoileus virginianus; Parturition; Reproductive behavior; Sexual segregation; Social structure; Techniques; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DEER; GROUP SELECTION; PARTURITION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

LINCOLN COUNTY [MINNESOTA]; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 35348999980     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2005-763     Document Type: Article

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