Abstract

We compared time-, age-, and cause-specific rates of mortality among female white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) (>1 yr old) in river bottom, prairie-agricultural, and mountain-foothill habita eastern Montana during 1980-89 to clarify relationships between harvest and natural mortality. Hunting regulations for antlerless deer varied among areas and years. Differences (P 0.20) relative to study area, time period, and age

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