Hunting Bambi-evaluating the basis for selective harvesting of juveniles

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 565-574

  Milner, Jos M ^a   Bonenfant, Christophe ^b   Mysterud, Atle ^c  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Deer management; Exploitation; Population dynamics; Sustainable management; Ungulates; Wildlife cropping

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 79956280626     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-010-0466-x     Document Type: Article

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