Effect of archer density on elk pregnancy rates and conception dates

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1676-1685

  Davidson, Gregory A ^a   Johnson, Bruce K ^a   Noyes, James H ^a   Dick, Brian L ^b   Wisdom, Michael J ^b  

^a OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

archery; Cervus elaphus; conception date; elk; hunter density; hunting; nutritional condition; Oregon; pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DATE; DEER; DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; JUVENILE; LACTATION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREGNANCY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPRING (SEASON);

OREGON; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; STARKEY EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867810677     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.411     Document Type: Article

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