Comparison and evaluation of some methods used to age Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus, Richardson) collected in the vicinity of Cowichan Lake, B.C.

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dc.contributor.authorChild, Kenneth Normanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-13T17:47:17Z
dc.date.available2024-08-13T17:47:17Z
dc.date.copyright1970en_US
dc.date.issued1970
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Biology
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science M.Sc.en
dc.description.abstractThe age of 232 deer was determined by three methods. Of these, that by tooth eruption and wear was found to b e fast and cheap, but limited in accuracy. Use of lens weights, because it dealt with a continuous variable, permitted separation of fawns and adults only. Use of tooth annuli appears to give results that are exact to any age, but the time involved in the preparation of teeth for examination is prohibitive. A new technique, involving the use of a cryostat, was developed for tooth preparation, that shortens the time of preparation to one tenth that required by other tooth sectioning methods.en
dc.format.extent59 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/17453
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dc.titleComparison and evaluation of some methods used to age Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus, Richardson) collected in the vicinity of Cowichan Lake, B.C.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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