Reduction and maintenance of a white-tailed deer herd in central Massachusetts

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1585-1593

  Mcdonald Jr , John E ^a   Clark, Daniel E ^b   Woytek, William A ^c  

^a US Fish & Wildlife Service Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Division of Water Supply Protection   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled hunts; Management; Massachusetts; Odocoileus virginianus; Population reconstruction; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEER; HUNTING; MODELING; POPULATION DENSITY; RECONSTRUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; QUABBIN RESERVATION; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 48249106587     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-490     Document Type: Article

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