EFFECTIVENESS OF A SELECTIVE HARVEST SYSTEM IN REGULATING DEER POPULATIONS IN ONTARIO

EFFECTIVENESS OF A SELECTIVE HARVEST SYSTEM IN REGULATING DEER POPULATIONS IN ONTARIO

Although wildlife management agencies commonly employ sex-selective harvests to regulate white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations, few studies have documented the effectiveness of these harvests. Using data from 1980 to 1997 for the Algonquin Highlands region of Ontario, Canada, we ass...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of wildlife management 2004-04, Vol.68 (2), p.266-277
Hauptverfasser: GILES, BRIAN G, FINDLAY, C. SCOTT
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal control
Animal populations
catch-per-unit-effort index
CONTENTS
Deer
Deer hunting
deer management
Highlands
Moose hunting
Mortality
Odocoileus virginianus
Ontario
Population density
Population dynamics
population index
selective harvest
Sport hunting
white-tailed deer
Wildlife ecology
Wildlife management
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Zusammenfassung:Although wildlife management agencies commonly employ sex-selective harvests to regulate white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations, few studies have documented the effectiveness of these harvests. Using data from 1980 to 1997 for the Algonquin Highlands region of Ontario, Canada, we assessed (1) the ability of wildlife managers to control the size of the antlerless harvest using sex-selective permits, and (2) the ability of antlerless harvest to control changes in deer density. Antlerless harvest was related only to the number of permits issued when
ISSN:0022-541X
1937-2817
DOI:10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0266:EOASHS]2.0.CO;2