Survival, birth characteristics, and cause-specific mortality of white-tailed deer neonates

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-183

  Carstensen, Michelle ^a,b   Delgiudice, Glenn D ^a,b   Sampson, Barry A ^b   Kuehn, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition; Cause specific mortality; Minnesota; Neonates; Nutrition; Odocoileus virginianus; Predation; Survival; White tailed deer; Winter severity

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BODY CONDITION; CANID; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEER; FELID; NEONATE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SERUM; SPRING (SEASON); SURVIVAL; WINTER;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVIDAE; LYNX RUFUS; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 77749246615     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-107     Document Type: Article

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