Lec Notes: Age-specific pregnancy rates

WLF 448: Fish & Wildlife Population Ecology
Lecture Notes VI, Fall 1996

Age-specific Pregnancy Rates for some North American Ungulates:

Elk^a		Bison^b		Moose^c		Deer^d
Age (years)	% pregnant	Age (years)	% pregnant	Age (years)	% pregnant	Age (years)	% pregnant
Yearling	12	Yearling	4	Yearling	0-15	Fawns	16
2-15	97	2	38	Adult	81-87	Yearling	68
16-21	37	3-11	67	.	.	2	77
.	.	12+	35	.	.	3+	83

^a Northern Yellowstone elk herd (Greer 1966).

^b Wood Buffalo National Park (Fuller 1962).

^c Extremes from various Canadian moose studies (Simkin 1965).

^d Llano Basin, Texas, white-tailed deer (Teer et al. 1965).

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Updated 05 August 1996