GENERAL39654

• Permit No: C1981071
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 1/8/1986
• Doc Name: Vol. I ELK CALVING BEHAVIOR STUDY 1985 COMPLETION REPORT
• Permit Index Doc Type: WILDLIFE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION 1
STUDY AREA 2
METHODS 4
Trapping 4
Monitoring 5
Productivity 5
Calving Home Range Fidelity 6
Habitat Utilization 6
RESULTS 7
Trapping 7
Monitoring 8
Mortality 8
Productivity 9
Calving Home Range Size 9
Calving Home Range Fidelity 11
Calving Habitat Utilization and Selection 13
Monthly Habitat Utilization and Selection 15
CONCLUSIONS 16
LITERATURE CITED 20
TABLE 1 Elk Trapping Results 25
TABLE 2 Summary of Elk Trapping 44
TABLE 3 Summary of Recaptures 45
TABLE 4 Monthly Summary of Transmittered Elk Locations 46
TABLE 5 Yearly Summary of Transmittered Elk Locations 57
TABLE 6 Transmitter Collared Elk Locations Not Mapped
(September 1984 - July 1985) 58
TABLE 7 Ear Tagged and Conventional Collared Elk Sightings
(September 1984 - July 1985) 62
TABLE 8 Mortality and Fate of Radio Transmitters on Cow Elk 64
TABLE 9 Elk Harvested in 1984 65
TABLE 10 Elk Productivity (Cow:Calf Ratios) 66
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