Desert mule deer survival in southwest Texas

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 561-569

  Lawrence, Richard K ^a,c   Demarais, Stephen ^a,d   Relyea, Rick A ^a,e   Haskell, Shawn P ^a   Ballard, Warren B ^a   Clark, Ted L ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c ESRI   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert mule deer; Drought; Harvest; Mortality; Natural stressors; Odocoileus hemionus eremicus; Predation; Predator control; Pregnancy; Survival; Texas

Indexed keywords

PREDATION; PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BREWSTER COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 3843133095     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0561:DMDSIS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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