Factors affecting pregnancy in free-ranging Elk, Cervus elaphus nelsoni, in Michigan

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-235

  Piasecke, Jessica R ^a   Bender, Louis C ^a   Schmitt, Stephen M ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cervus elaphus; Elk; Lactation; Mass; Michigan; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BODY MASS; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DEER; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; WILD POPULATION;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI;

EID: 79951655178     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v123i3.969     Document Type: Article

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