Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2: METHODS
Chapter 3: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Description of Carmen Mountains White-tailed Deer
Chapter 4: CONCLUDING COMMENTS AND MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS
1. Relative frequency of grass and forbs in selected whitetail habitat, Big Bend National Park, Texas
INDEX (omitted from the online edition)
1 Location of Big Bend National Park, Texas.
2 Area locations in and around the Chisos Mountains.
3 Characteristic rock outcrops, vertical cliffs, deep canyons, and talus slopes of the Chisos Mountains.
4 High, mean, and low temperatures at Panther Junction.
5 High, mean, and low temperatures at the Chisos Mountains.
6 Annual rainfall and mean annual temperature for the Basin and Panther Junction.
7 Population fluctuations of mule deer, white-tailed deer, and mountain lions.
8 Distribution of the Carmen Mountains white-tailed deer.
9 The Christmas Mountains.
10 The Chinati Mountains.
11 Sotol-Grassland Formation.
12 Dense pines, oaks, and juniper common on the South Rim, and Stipa spp. common in Chisos Mountains meadows.
13 Moss Well.
14 Panther Canyon.
l5 The Basin as seen from the top of Boot Spring trail, and the Window.
16 Typical whitetail habitat in the lower areas of the Chinati Mountains.
17 Typical, commonly used deer bed.
18 Agave lecheguilla and Opuntia engelmannii.
19 Mountain lion scat.
20 Mountain lion scrape.
21 Mountain lion cache.
22 Two species comprising over 85% of the diet of mountain lions.
23 Four species accounting for over 88% of the bobcat's diet.
1 Status of javelina and large predators from 1944 to 1973.
2 Sex, age, and numbers of Carmen deer.
3 The mean skull size of adult males.
4 Mean comparisons of eight antler measurements from O. v. carminis and O. v. couesi.
5 Comparative measurements between O. v. carminis, O. v. couesi, and O. v. texanus.
6 Body measurements of whitetails.
7 Range, mean, standard deviation, and standard error of mean of body measurements.
8 Mean comparisons of eight antler measurements from whitetails.
9 Pellet plot locations.
10 Estimates of white-tailed deer.
11 Estimates of mule deer.
12 Slope of bedding sites of Carmen deer.
13 Volumetric percentages of forage in rumens.
14 Food items observed to be eaten by white-tailed deer.
15 Sex and age classification of whitetails.
16 Group associations of whitetails.
17 Numbers of whitetails observed in activities.
18 Dual species interactions between whitetails and mule deer.
19 Dual species interactions observed between whitetails and javelinas.
20 Measures of association between whitetails and mule deer.
21 Sex and age of deer killed by cars, undetermined causes, and fences.
22 Omental, kidney, heart fat, and marrow condition.
23 Sex and age of whitetails, mule deer, and javelinas killed by mountain lions.
24 Major food items of mountain lions in five studies.
25 Food items in 161 mountain lion scats.
26 Food items in 128 bobcat scats.
27 Food items in 245 coyote scats.
Last Updated: 08-Oct-2008