Sensitivity analysis demonstrates limits to utility of lactation index for white‐tailed deer management

Sensitivity analysis demonstrates limits to utility of lactation index for white‐tailed deer management

ABSTRACT Recruitment estimates are critical for making wildlife harvest decisions. Lactation rate is used to estimate recruitment in monotocous species and as a recruitment index for polytocous species such as white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). However, the relationship between lactation an...

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Main Authors: Kamen L. Campbell, Bronson K. Strickland, Stephen Demarais, Guiming Wang, Phillip D. Jones, Chad M. Dacus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-09-01
Series:Wildlife Society Bulletin
Subjects:
fawn mortality
fecundity
harvest rate
lactation index
Odocoileus virginianus
recruitment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.904
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