aPrecipitation Intervals (1: 0-2 weeks; 2: 3-8 weeks; 3: 9-12 weeks; 4: 13-24 weeks)
b3-stage age interval: 0-2 weeks, 3-8 weeks, 8+ weeks
c2-stage age interval: 0-2 weeks, 3+ weeks
Table 4. A priori models excluding capture method used to estimate 3-month survival for 58 radio-collared white-tailed deer neonates captured via VITs in Dunn and Grant counties, North Dakota, and Perkins County, South Dakota, USA during 2014 and 2015. Models within 2 ΔAICc are competing, wi indicates model weight, and K indicates number of parameters calculated within a model.