Associating seasonal range characteristics with survival of female white-tailed deer

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 343-353

  Klaver, Robert W ^a   Jenks, Jonathan A ^b   Deperno, Christopher S ^c   Griffin, Steven L ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d South Dakota Department Game Fish and Parks   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Hills; Fuzzy classification; Habitat use; Odocoileus virginianus; Scale; South Dakota; Survivorship; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBPOPULATION; SURVIVAL; SURVIVORSHIP;

BLACK HILLS; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 39449115629     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2005-581     Document Type: Article

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