FIGURE 1.
The age at which ewes left USSES management by death or culling. The age categories 1.5–2, 2–3, 3–4, 4–5, 5–6, 6–7, 7-8, and 8+ years were used to categorize the proportion of ewes leaving the flock through death/culling.
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