Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2002 |
Authors: | Larkin, JL, Maehr, DS, Cox, JJ, Logsdon, C |
Journal: | Southeastern Naturalist |
Volume: | 1 |
Pagination: | 279-286 |
Date Published: | 2002 |
ISBN Number: | 15287092 |
Keywords: | Cervus elaphus |
Abstract: | We examined reproductive performance of yearling males in a recently established free-ranging elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni, Erxleben) population in southeastern Kentucky. Sixteen of 18 (89%) adult females bred by yearling males produced a calf. The calving period, determined for 11 cows, peaked in mid-June; however, 3 females bred by yearlings did not calf until mid-July or August. It is not possible to attribute the extended calving period to breeding by yearling males, as it may have been a result of poor physical condition of females or the disruption of social bonds after translocation the previous winter. |
URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3878043 |
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