Key deer impacts on hardwood hammocks near urban areas
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The impact of Key deer herbivory on natural vegetation near urban areas was studied by comparing plant densities and diversity in hardwood hammocks adjacent to urban and distant from exurban developed areas. No differences in total plant species or diversity on islands with high densities of deer were detected and testing of deer browsing intensity on islands of high deer density showed browsing pressures to be higher on preferred plant species in hammocks near urban areas than exurban areas.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 2006
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Lichen litterfall consumption by Wintering deer and elk in western Montana
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Arboreal lichen production and availability for Rock Mountain elk, white-tailed deer and mule deer during winter in Western Montana was studied. A strong linear relationship between lichen availability and lichens consumed showed that lichen use was driven by availability rather than by opportunistic foraging, and that ungulates might have selected habitat due to lichen availability.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 2005
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Movement of female white-tailed deer: Effects of climate and intensive row-crop agriculture
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The seasonal movement patterns and home ranges of white-tailed deer in Southwest Minnesota are described. The data provided could be helpful to biologists managing northern populations of white-tailed deer in fragmented environments by detailing the relationship between climate, intensive agriculture, and deer movements.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 2005
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