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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| description | 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 |
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