Revisions of rump fat and body scoring indices for deer, elk, and moose

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 880-896

  Cook, Rachel C ^a   Cook, John G ^a   Stephenson, Thomas R ^b   Myers, Woodrow L ^c   Mccorquodale, Scott M ^c   Vales, David J ^d   Irwin, Larry L ^a   Hall, P Briggs ^c,f   Spencer, Rocky D ^c   Murphie, Shannon L ^c,g   Schoenecker, Kathryn A ^e   Miller, Patrick J ^c  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^d Muckleshoot Indian Tribe   (United States)

^e FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f Makah Tribe ^*  (United States)

^g Makah Tribe   (United States)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Body condition score; Cervus elaphus; Elk; Moose; Mule deer; Nutritional condition; Odocoileus hemionus; Rump fat; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DEER; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ECOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ULTRASONICS;

NORTH AMERICA;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 77951808181     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-031     Document Type: Article

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