The Biology of Deer

The first International Conference on the Biology of Deer Production was held at Dunedin, New Zealand in 1983. That meeting provided, for the first time, a forum for those with interests in either wild deer management or farmed deer production to come tog

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Robert D. Brown Editor

The Biology of Deer With 151 Illustrations

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Robert D. Brown Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762-5917 USA

Front cover photo: white-tailed deer buck, courtesy of Dr. H.A. Jacobson, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Mississippi State University.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Biology of deer/Robert D. Brown, editor. p. cm. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Biology of Deer, held at Mississippi State University, May 28-June 1, 1990 and hosted by the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-7667-8 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4612-2782-3

e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-2782-3

1. Deer-Congresses. 2. Deer farming-Congresses. 3. Wildlife management-Congresses. I. Brown, Robert D. II. International Symposium on the Biology of Deer (1990 : Mississippi State University) III. Mississippi State University. Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries. QL737.U55B564,1991 639.9'797357-dc20 91-9840 Printed on acid-free paper.

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Preface

The first International Conference on the Biology of Deer Production was held at Dunedin, New Zealand in 1983. That meeting provided, for the first time, a forum for those with interests in either wild deer management or farmed deer production to come together. Scientists, wild deer managers, domestic deer farmers, veterinarians, venison and antler product producers