Deer Life Tables

|Name: Emily Heeschen |Points: 70 |
|EVR 4218/6408: Wildlife Research/ environmental science |Lab01: Population Ecology |

snap off 1 : Aging Deer

fudge 1. Estimated age of cervid based on
the condition of a specimens jawbone.
|Estimated age (years) |Specimen ID# |
|1.5 |19 |
|1.5 |26 |
|4.5 |23 |
|2.5 |35 |
|2.5 |22 |
|1.5 |36 |
|2.5 |40 |
|3.



5 |1397 |

Part 2 : Life tables

turn off 1: Counts of male and female cervid harvested
in Allegan County, MI, during 1996 in six age groups.
Age (years) |Males |Females | |0.5 |106 |48 | |1.5 |427 |83 | |2.5 |84 |53 | |3.5 |31 |32 | |4.5 |2 |20 | |5.5 |1 |17 | |

Table 2. Life Table for male deer based on a mortality survey of deer harvested in Allegan County, MI during 1996. Harvest selective information collected by Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources.
Age
Class(years) | reckon in Sample |Number of Deaths |Mortality
pasture |Survival
Rate | |0.5 |651 |106 |0.16 |0.84 | |1.5 |545 |427 |0.78 |0.22 | |2.5 |118 |84 |0.71 |0.29 | |3.5 |34 |31 |0.91 |0.09 | |4.5 |3 |2 |0.67 |0.33 | |5.5 |1 |1 |1 |0 | |

Table 3. Life table for female deer in Allegan County, MI based on mortality survey from harvest data during 1996.
Age
Class(years) |Number in Sample |Number of Deaths |Mortality
Rate |Survival
Rate | |0.5 |253 |48 |0.19 |0.81 | |1.5 |205 |83 |0.4 |0.6 | |2.5 |122 |53 |0.43 |0.57 | |3.5 |69 |32 |0.46 |0.54 | |4.5 |37 |20 |0.54 |0.46 | |5.5 |17 |17 |1 |0 | |

Part 3 : Age Structures

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