Crater Lake National Park: Ecology Of Elk Inhabiting Crater Lake National Park And Vicinity
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Introduction

Acknowledgments

Study Area

Methods

Results and Discussion

Management Implications

Literature Cited

Appendix A

Appendix A

Elk capture and response to drug administration in the Upper Klamath Basin, OR. 1985.


DateSex/ageCollar# Transmittor
Frequency
(MHz)
Dosage
(mg)
Reaction
Time
(min)
Recovery
Time
(min)
Comments

4/30/85ad. fem.1151.500 181127Nosebleed from trap
5/3/85ad. fem.2151.510 181134
5/4/85ad. fem.-b-b 182
Deceased at 8 min. Gash on jaw from trap
5/4/85ad. fem.4151.530 18529None
5/13/85ad. fem.5151.540 18420
5/25/85yr. male-a-a 18258Labored breathing
5/25/85yr. male-a-a 16534
5/27/85yr. fem.6151.550 15212Labored breathing
5/28/85yr. fem.7151.560 16738
5/31/85yr. male-a-a 14824
5/31/85yr. fem.8151.570 16337
6/11/85ad. fem.-b-b 142105Euthanized after 24 hrs. and no full recovery
6/11/85ad. fem.9151.580 18617
6/12/85ad. fem.11151.600 18519
6/12/85ad. fem.12151.610 18+18+20538
4/16/86ad. fem.

18525
5/14/86yr. fem.-b-b 18----Fractured skull

a males were not radio-collared; equipped w/yellow ear streamers
b deceased


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