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An Analysis Of A Measure Of Productivity In Mule Deer Populations, Ronald J. Ryel
An Analysis Of A Measure Of Productivity In Mule Deer Populations, Ronald J. Ryel
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the fall proportion of fawns among fawns and does in a mule deer population and two measures of productivity, the spring recruitment rate and the reproductive performance as measured in the fall. The spring recruitment rate was defined to be the number of fawns per doe which were recruited into the population at 1 year of age. The reproductive performance was defined to be the number of fawns produced per doe 2 years or older which survive to a specified time. The relationships between these quantities were measured by …