Ecology and Management of Mule Deer and White-tailed Deer in Montana |
Contents
Statewide Deer Research Studies | 5 |
MountainFoothill | 13 |
Plains Riverbottom | 19 |
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accessory areas adjacent adult males adult mortality Age Class age structure agricultural annual mortality associated autumn average badlands behavior Bridger Mountains Bridger Range bucks Cherry Creek conifer Creek study area decline deer density deer management deer numbers distribution diversity Dusek ecological factors fawn mortality fawn recruitment female mule deer fluctuations forage groups habitat selection Hamlin and Mackie harvest rates hunter harvest hunting mortality increased individual km² lower Yellowstone River Missouri River Breaks Montana mortality of adult movement mule deer populations natural mortality rates numbers of adult occurred Pac et al patterns percent population density population dynamics population ecology prairie prairie-badland environments predation ratios recruitment rate relationships relatively reproductive habitat Salish Mountains seasonal home ranges slope species spring strategies succulent summer home ranges survival Swan Valley tailed deer topographic total numbers variation varied vegetation white-tailed deer Wildl Wildlife winter maintenance habitat winter ranges yearling males yearlong