Reliability of Age Determination of Mountain Goats
Stevens V and Houston DB. 1989. Reliability of Age Determination of Mountain Goats. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 17(1):72-74
Analysis of accuracy of two age determining techniques for mountain goats: counting annuli of horns and observing incisor eruption. It is recommended that age estimation use both horn ring and incisor replacement techniques where possible. Goats were collected on Klahhane Ridge, Olympic National Park, WA.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Stevens, Victoria; Houston, Douglas
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- Age, Animal Studies, Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus), Olympic National Park