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Does Body Condition Affect Immediate Post-Capture Survival Of Ungulates?, Louis C. Bender
Does Body Condition Affect Immediate Post-Capture Survival Of Ungulates?, Louis C. Bender
Human–Wildlife Interactions
Many factors are known or are thought to increase vulnerability to capture-related mortality in ungulates. I compared body condition of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelson), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), and pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) to assess whether those that survived capture differed from those that did not. Fate of ungulates was generally not related to condition (F1,646 = 1.6; P = 0.21), and this relationship was similar among species (species × fate interaction: F4,646 = 1.3; P = 0.29), season of capture (species × season × fate interaction: F6,646 = …