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Predictors of White-Tailed Deer Grazing Intensity in Fragmented Deciduous Forests
White-tailed deer (Oclocoileus virginianus) can cause major changes in the composition and structure of forest communities by browsing shrubs and tree ...
Management Workbook for White-Tailed Deer
The Deer Management Workbook, -- “the Redbook,” as it is often called – was designed to be a working document for wildlife managers, researchers, ...
Deer Research Update Winter 2005
An important part of any wildlife management program is monitoring and evaluating. Over the last few years , several projects have been initiated to collect ...
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 ...
Strategies For Protecting The Landscape From Deer Browsing
Utilize one of the numerous lists of recommended plants that show resistance to browsing. This will serve as a starting point for selecting trees and ...
More Harm than Good: Here's why the New Hampshire Fish and Game urges you NOT to feed the deer
White-tailed deer in New Hampshire are at the northern limit of their range and have several natural adaptations that help them survive the winter. These ...
"Deer Population" Lesson Plan Grade 9
Goals for the Lesson: The students will be able to estimate the deer population in a given area over a 5-year period; and The students will be able to ...
Deer Population Management through Hunting and Alternative Means of Control
On October 27, 1997, the Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy sponsored a conference, open to the public, to address a growing wildlife problem ...
Wanted: More Hunters
"The U.S. whitetail population is out of control. Not only are deer starving by the thousands, they're laying waste to entire ecosystems. There is only one ...
"White-Tailed Deer: Beauty or Beast?" Lesson Plan Grades 10-12
Goals for the Lesson: Students will be familiar with the natural history and reproductive patterns of the white-tailed deer; Students will be able to ...
Growing and Managing Successful Food Plots for Wildlife in the Mid-South
Planting food plots is an excellent way to improve available nutrition, increase the carrying capacity and concentrate wildlife on your property. Food plots ...
Doe Fawn Breeding Rates - Kip's Korner - July 2009
Doe fawn breeding rates are the percentage of doe fawns that conceive during their first year (generally six to eight months of age). This is governed by ...

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