Mortality Rates of Marked and Unmarked Fawns
Ozoga JJ and Clute RK. 1988. Mortality Rates of Marked and Unmarked Fawns. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 52(3):549-551
Sex ratio and birth date of captured and tagged newborn white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) did not differ from fawns not handled as newborn from 1977 to 1985 (for all years combined) in a 252-ha enclosure in Upper Michigan. Mean age of mothers was not different (P < 0.05) for the 2 groups of fawns in the study. Captured and tagged fawns suffered less mortality than the unhandled fawns (9 vs 18%, respectively).
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Ozoga, John; Clute, Rodney
- Units
- SFCN
- Keywords
- Birth rate, fawn mortality, Michigan, Population census, Sex Ratio