Can controlled bow hunts reduce overabundant white-tailed deer populations in suburban ecosystems?

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 250, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-154

  Weckel, Mark ^a,b   Rockwell, Robert F ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bow hunting; Odocoileus virginianus; Overpopulation; Suburban ecosystems; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

BOW HUNTING; DEER POPULATION; DENSITY-DEPENDENT; FOREST REGENERATION; HARVEST INTENSITY; HARVEST RATES; LAND MANAGERS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; OVERPOPULATION; PEAK VALUES; POPULATION DECLINE; TARGET LEVELS; WHITE-TAILED DEER;

ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING; REFORESTATION;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ABUNDANCE; CARRYING CAPACITY; DEER; HUNTING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGENERATION; SUBURBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; REFORESTATION;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WESTCHESTER COUNTY;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 84870890935     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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