Effects of selective harvest on antler size in white-tailed deer: A modeling approach

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-56

  Webb, Stephen L ^a,e   Demarais, Stephen ^a   Strickland, Bronson K ^a   Deyoung, Randy W ^b   Kinghorn, Brian P ^c   Gee, Kenneth L ^d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^e Hayden Wing Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

antlers; culling; genetics; GENUP; management; modeling; Odocoileus virginianus; selection; selective harvest; white tailed deer

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CULLING; DEER; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HARVESTING; HERITABILITY; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84255161844     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.236     Document Type: Article

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