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. Ecology of sympatric populations of mule deer and white-tailed deer in a prairie environment . Fawn mortality varied widely among years, but was not directly influenced by deer numbers or density on the study area. (Photo by: Alan K. Wood) Among adults, only mortality rate of adult females over summer was correlated with population density. During 1982-1986, summer mortality among adult females was highest when female densities were highest and decreased with density thereafter (r=, n=5, />=). Although this suggested that mortality rates of adult females might have responded in a
. Ecology of sympatric populations of mule deer and white-tailed deer in a prairie environment . Fawn mortality varied widely among years, but was not directly influenced by deer numbers or density on the study area. (Photo by: Alan K. Wood) Among adults, only mortality rate of adult females over summer was correlated with population density. During 1982-1986, summer mortality among adult females was highest when female densities were highest and decreased with density thereafter (r=, n=5, />=). Although this suggested that mortality rates of adult females might have responded in a more traditional manner to changes in population density. 33
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