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Nutrient requirements for growth and antler development in the white-tailed deer'
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This article is published in Journal of Wildlife Management.The article was published on 1956-07-01. It has received 172 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Antler.read more
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Fitting Sigmoidal Equations to Mammalian Growth Curves
TL;DR: In this article, three sigmoidal growth equations were tested for their usefulness in fitting mammalian growth curves: the von Bertalanffy, Gompertz, and logistic equations were fitted to growth data by nonlinear regression techniques.
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Periods of Nutritional Stress in the Annual Cycles of Endotherms: Fact or Fiction?
James R. King,Mary E. Murphy +1 more
TL;DR: The main thesis of this essay is that the diversity and potency of such compensatory mechanisms haveoften been underrated, and hence the frequency and intensity of nutritional stress in free-living animals have often been exaggerated.
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Evaluation of deer habitat on a nutritional basis.
TL;DR: Habitat evaluation based on quantification of nutrient supplies and their availability offers a more logical alternative for evaluating deer winter ranges than traditional methods based on measurements of twig lengths of so-called "key" species.
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Major-histocompatibility-complex-associated variation in secondary sexual traits of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus): evidence for good-genes advertisement.
Stephen S. Ditchkoff,Robert L. Lochmiller,I Ronald E. Masters,Steven R. Hoofer,Ronald A. Van Den Bussche +4 more
TL;DR: Observations provide support for the hypothesis that antler development in white-tailed deer is an honest signal of quality, suggesting that certain MHC characteristics may help deer cope with stresses related to breeding activity.
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Food choice by white-tailed deer in relation to protein and energy content of the diet: a field experiment
TL;DR: Results of this test of the assumption that energy and protein contents of the forage are both currencies that large mammalian herbivores can use when selecting their food support a basic assumption of optimality models of food selection that use energy and/or protein as a currency.
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The digestive capacities of the white-tailed deer.
TL;DR: The problem of the white-tailed deer, with special reference to the state of Pennsylvania, promises to require continuing investigation and administrative control as far ahead as one can see -for the reasons that it involves conflicting interests of economic, recreational, and sanitary significance.
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Mountain Laurel and Rhododendron as Foods for the White Tailed Deer
E. B. Forbes,S. I. Bechdel +1 more
TL;DR: The Pennsylvania State Board of Game Commissioners requested the Pennsylvania State College to determine, if possible, the cause of the death of the deer in the forests during the early spring, and especially to determine whether mountain laurel and rhododendron are poisonous to deer.
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Studies on the Blood of White-Tailed Deer
TL;DR: A condition in a game animal which in one aspect resembles a rather serious disease in man is discussed, which may be a definite factor in the heavy losses among deer in Michigan observed during the past few years.