Land parcelization and deer population densities in a rural county of Virginia

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 360-367

  Lovely, Karen R ^a   McShea, William J ^a   Lafon, Nelson W ^b   Carr, David E ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density estimation; Human wildlife conflict; Modeling; Odocoileus virginianus; Parcelization; Population management; Virginia; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HARVESTING; HUNTING; LANDOWNERSHIP; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUGE; RURAL LANDSCAPE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84897829488     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: 19385463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsb.244     Document Type: Article

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