Survival of white-tailed deer fawns in the grasslands of the northern Great Plains

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 944-956

  Grovenburg, Troy W ^a,c   Klaver, Robert W ^b   Jenks, Jonathan A ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fawn; habitat; mortality; northern Great Plains; Odocoileus virginianus; survival; white tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST COVER; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOME RANGE; MORTALITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SHELTERBELT; SURVIVAL; TREE PLANTING;

GREAT PLAINS; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

CANIS LATRANS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 84862880249     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.339     Document Type: Article

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