New Mexico Project
Elk calf survival and cause-specific mortality in the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area
January 2011 - June 2013
Personnel
- James Cain, Co-Principal Investigator
- Warrren Ballard, Co-Principal Investigator
- James Pitman, Student / Post Doc
- Nicole Tatman, Student / Post Doc
Participating Agencies
- T&E, Inc
- New Mexico State University, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology
- New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
- Texas Tech University, Department of Natural Resources Management
- Dallas Safari Club
Our objectives are to assess: 1) elk calf survival and cause-specific mortality in the Blue Range Mexican Wolf Recovery Area; and 2) calving site, neonate bed site, and kill site characteristics.
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Pitman, J.W., J.W. Cain III, S.G. Liley, W.R. Gould, N.T. Quintana, and W. B. Ballard. 2014. Post-parturition habitat selection by elk calves and adult female elk in New Mexico. Journal of Wildlife Management 78:1216-1227. | Download | September 2014 |
| Theses and Dissertations | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Pitman, J.W. 2013. Microhabitat selection and mortality site characteristics of elk (Cervus canadensis) calves and adult elk calf-rearing habitat selection in areas of differing predation influences in southern and northern New Mexico. M.S. Thesis. Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology, New Mexico State University . 160 pp | April 2013 |