Identifying Forest Management Scale Variables to Manage White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Duke Forest, North Carolina
Abstract
Higher densities of white-tailed deer (WTD) populations lead to alterations in forest
structure, forest regeneration dynamics, and plant morphology from selective browse.
Forests in urbanized landscapes, otherwise known as urban-wildland interfaces (UWI),
are not only affected by WTD browse, but are connected with the human health risks
that WTD present such as being a vector for disease or deer-car collisions. Limited
resources of forest managers in UWIs cause the primary methods of WTD management to
be increasing alternative forage and implementing deer culling programs. The Duke
Forest currently implements a WTD culling program, but research has shown that this
method, alone, will only suppress the population for a limited time. With limited
resources, it is crucial to investigate relationships between WTD in various Duke
Forest management areas to generate new ideas on effectively reducing the WTD populations.
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Payeur, Hunterr; & Smerczynski, Patrick (2016). Identifying Forest Management Scale Variables to Manage White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus
virginianus) in Duke Forest, North Carolina. Master's project, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/11904.Collections
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