White-tailed Deer Management Strategies and Domestication Processes

Human Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-178

  Messner, Timothy C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal domestication; Archaeology; Niche construction; Sport hunting; White tailed deer; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DEER; DOMESTICATION; HUNTING; MUTUALISM; NICHE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; WHITE TIP DIE-BACK PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 79954416801     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-011-9380-4     Document Type: Article

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