Demographic changes in a Scottish red deer population (Cervus elaphus L.) in response to sustained and heavy culling: an analysis of trends in deer populations of Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve 1986-2001

The implications of these conclusions for population management, and the effects of the sustained culling operations at Creag Meagaidh on the deer populations within neighbouring Estates are explored; some comparisons are made with preliminary results emerging from a similar exercise in reducing deer population density and browsing pressure at the RSPB's Abernethy Reserve.