Neonatal mule deer fawn survival in west-central Colorado

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 550-560

  Pojar, Thomas M ^a   Bowden, David C ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

Bear; Colorado; Coyote; Fawn; Feline; Mortality; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Recruitment; Survival

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; RUMINANT; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

BOVIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; CERVIDAE; FELIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 3843129772     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0550:NMDFSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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