Cougar predation and population growth of sympatric mule deer and white-tailed deer

@article{Robinson2002CougarPA,
  title={Cougar predation and population growth of sympatric mule deer and white-tailed deer},
  author={Hugh S. Robinson and Robert B. Wielgus and J. Curtis Gwilliam},
  journal={Canadian Journal of Zoology},
  year={2002},
  volume={80},
  pages={556-568}
}
Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) populations throughout the west appear to be declining, whereas white- tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations are increasing. We compared abundance, number of fetuses per female (maternity rate), recruitment, and cause-specific adult ( ♢1 year old) mortality rate for sympatric mule deer and white- tailed deer in south-central British Columbia to assess population growth for each species. White-tailed deer were three times more abundant (908 ± 152) than… 
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