Adjusting for seasonal harvest bias in the lactation index for white‐tailed deer management

Adjusting for seasonal harvest bias in the lactation index for white‐tailed deer management

ABSTRACT Recruitment estimates are critical for making wildlife harvest decisions. White‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) lactation rates are often used to estimate fawn recruitment. Relatively long hunting seasons in the southern United States commonly include the period when females cease lact...

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Main Authors: Kamen L. Campbell, Bronson K. Strickland, Stephen Demarais, Phillip D. Jones, Guiming Wang, Chad M. Dacus, Christopher Cook, W. Matt Knox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-12-01
Series:Wildlife Society Bulletin
Subjects:
fawn recruitment
lactation detection
lactation index
Odocoileus virginianus
white‐tailed deer
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.699

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