Survival of white-tailed deer neonates in Minnesota and South Dakota

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 213-220

  Grovenburg, Troy W ^a   Swanson, Christopher C ^a   Jacques, Christopher N ^b   Klaver, Robert W ^c   Brinkman, Todd J ^d   Burris, Benjamin M ^a   Deperno, Christopher S ^e   Jenks, Jonathan A ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

habitat; landscape; Minnesota; mortality; neonate; Odocoileus virginianus; predation; South Dakota; survival

Indexed keywords

DEER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; NEONATE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

MINNESOTA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 79951936445     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.20     Document Type: Article

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