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Relative deer density and sustainability: a conceptual framework for integrating deer managment with ecosystem managment
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations and harvests of white-tailed deer have increased dramatically in the eastern United States on public and ...
Some have a hard time seeing the trees from the deer
Oh deer, what can the matter be? Wisconsin legislative committees heard from several natural resource specialists that high deer populations are the matter. ...
The Forest Nobody Knows
The non-urban residents of the Northeast, who live in or close to the forests and woodlands, and the urban residents who live within several hours' drive of ...
The Need and Difficulty of Bringing the Pennsylvania Deer Herd Under Control
The Pennsylvania white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus.) herd has increased dramatically in the last several decades, despite greatly increased harvests. ...
Trouble in the Understory
Imagine returning to a favorite woodland you knew as a child but had not visited for decades. You recall a hardwood stand in southern Wisconsin where the ...
White-Tailed Deer Alter Diversity of Songbirds and Thier Habitat in Northwestern Pennsylvania
White-tailed Deer were nearly extirpated from Pennsylvania at the turn of the century. Since then, protection, reintroduction, and habitat improvement resulted ...
Deer, Acid Rain, and Other Factors: Results From Long-Term Research
Recently, many Pennsylvanians have become interested in the relative importance of deer and acid rain as causes for regeneration challenges in Pennsylvania ...
Deer and Diversity in Allegheny Hardwood Forests: Managing an Unlikely Challenge
High white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) density and interfering vegetation were identified as factors affecting the regeneration of hardwood forests in ...
Deer Density Estimation/Browse Impact Survey Data Sheet
This data sheet will help you to estimate deer density and calculate browse impact for a given area. Browse impact is calculated for the following species: ...
Effects of White-Tailed Deer on Songbirds Within Managed Forests in Pennsylvania
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations have been maintained at high densities in Pennsylvania for several decades with unknown effects on ...
Effects of Herbivory and Its Timing Across Populations of Trillium Grandiflorum
The goal of this study was to identify the degree to which the frequency and timing of herbivory by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and subsequent ...
Effects of White-Tailed Deer Herbivory on Forest Gap Dynamics in a Wildlife Preserve, Pennsylvania, USA
Many forests perpetuate themselves through a cycle of overstory tree mortality, canopy gap formation, new tree establishment and growth, and eventual gap ...
Escaping herbivory - refuge effects on the morphology and shoot demography of the clonal forest herb Maianthemum canadense
ROONETY, T.P. (Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706) Escaping herbivory: refuge effects on the morphology and shoot demography of ...
Impacts of White-Tailed Deer on Forest Regeneration in Northwestern Pennsylvania
Browsing by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is a major cause of regeneration failure in Allegheny hardwood forests of northwestern Pennsylvania. I ...
Interference by Weeds and Deer with Allegheny Hardwood Reproduction
Deer browsing and interference from forest weeds, particularly hayscented fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) Moore), New York fern (Thelypteris ...
Managing White-tailed Deer in Forest Habitat From an Ecosystem Perspective
Deer play a role in ecosystems, particularly forests, in various ways including: (1) Herbivory or predation on the plants they use as food (2) Altering the ...
The Combined Effects of Browsing and Disturbance on Forest Succession: A Case Study of White-tailed Deer Impacts in Virginia
The magnitude and frequency of environmental disturbances, such as hurricanes, wildfires, and ice storms, combined with deer browsing can influence the speed ...
The Effects of Deer Exclosures on the Recovery of Vegetation in Failed Clearcuts of the Allegheny Plateau
In 6- to 10-year-old clearcuts that had failed to regenerate naturally, fencing was erected to protect seedlings from deer browsing. The fencing allowed the ...
White-Tailed Deer Impact on the Vegetation Dynamics of a Northern Hardwood Forest
Considerable controversy has arisen over the management of white-tailed deer in eastern landscapes where there is evidence of damage to forest vegetation, ...
"White-Tailed Deer Issues" Lesson Plan Grade 9
Objectives of the Lesson: Describe the typical white-tailed deer in PA; Discuss the positive and negative impacts that white-tail deer have on the flora ...

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