Effect Sizes of Climate Conditions.

<p>The predicted effect of climatic variables on antler size for mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus;</i> A) and American elk (<i>Cervus canadensis;</i> B). Relative effects of climatic conditions during year-of-birth (solid lines) and year-of-harvest (dashed lines) over a continuum of favorable to unfavorable climatic variation. Data were collected from 20 areas in western North America during 1981–2010.