just a quick note on this subject. I am working on sites
dealing with the introduction of red deer to the western
isles and the presence or not of a breeding population.
Naomis' question touches on a number of points I have to
wrestle with too - when can we firmly say there is a
breeding population present? Also when I find neonates on
site - what are they doing there? Does anyone have a handy
reference for neonatal deer on site as part of a hunted
population?
jacqui
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Jacqui Mulville,
EH Regional Science Advisor (E. Mids)
Oxford University Museum,
Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW
Tel: 01865-272996 Fax: 01865-272970
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