Long-term trends in mule deer pregnancy and fetal rates in Colorado

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 542-549

  Andelt, William F ^a   Pojar, Thomas M ^b,c   Johnson, Larue W ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Fecundity; Mule deer; Natality; Odocoileus hemionus; Population dynamics; Pregnancy specific protein B; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER; COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3843100547     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0542:LTIMDP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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