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Conflict resolution between stakeholder groups and management agencies is a problem in wildlife management. We evaluated our success in resolving a conflict between sportsmen and the Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW). Sportsmen challenged the credibility of methods used to estimate numbers of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in Colorado and demanded validating surveys to verify numbers of deer. Sportsmen, other interested wildlife stakeholders, and CDOW engaged in a conflict resolution process and designed and implemented an aerial survey to estimate numbers of deer in a specific population whose previous estimated size had been contested by sportsmen. We used helicopters to count mule deer on randomly selected...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation,
Journal Citation;
Tags: Colorado,
Odocoileus hemionus,
Wildlife Society Bulletin,
conflict resolution,
credibility, All tags...
helicopter surveys,
human dimensions mule deer,
population estimates,
sightability, Fewer tags
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We examined survival rates of mule deer (Odocoileus hemnionus) fawns (1 Jan-31 May) and adult (21 yr old) females (1 Jun-31 May) from Colorado, Idaho, and Montana to assess the influence of survival on population dynamics over a broad geographic area. Survival rates were estimated from 1,875 radiocollared fawns and 1,536 radiocollared adult female-years. We found significant year-to-year differences in overwinter survival rates of fawns among states (P < 0.001), while annual survival rates of adult females showed less variation across years (P < 0.256). Sampling distributions of survival rates bv age class were modeled with the beta-binomial distribution (BBD) and not found different among states (ad F: P = 0.118;...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation,
Journal Citation;
Tags: Colorado,
Idaho,
Montana,
Odocoileus hemionus,
The Journal of Wildlife Management, All tags...
beta-binomial distribution,
body size,
mule deer,
population,
sex-specific survival,
winter mortality, Fewer tags
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