Table 6.2. Annual and seasonal turnover of adult females as a 



proportion of 1 June adult female population, 1960-1986, 

 Missouri River Breaks, Montana. 



3 Recruitment and mortality expressed as a proportion of starting, 1 

 June population. Recruitment equals number of yearling females 31 

 May /number adult females previous 1 June. All mortality expressed as 

 number of adult females lost during the period/number of adult females 1 

 June, at start of year. 



b The period 1 June-1 Dec, called Hunting Mortality, also includes 

 minor numbers (based on marked deer) of deer dying from causes other 

 than hunting. 



c * - Indicates that mortality during the period exceeded annual 

 recruitment . 



d Recruitment was actually 0.482 for 1979-80 and 0.336 for 1980- 81, but 

 because of emigration of yearling females, recruitment to the population 

 was at the figures listed in the table. 



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