Femur-marrow fat of white-tailed deer fawns killed by wolves

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 920-923

  Mech, L D ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Marrow fat; Mortality; Nutritional condition; Odocoileus virginianus; Predation; White tailed deer; Wolf

Indexed keywords

CANID; DEER; FAT; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 43949131384     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-153     Document Type: Article

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