Monitoring Deer Preferences on Popular Landscape Plants

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dc.contributor.authorLineberry, Deborahen
dc.contributor.committeechairLatimer, Joyce G.en
dc.contributor.committeememberNiemiera, Alexander X.en
dc.contributor.committeememberParkhurst, James A.en
dc.contributor.departmentHorticultureen
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-18T19:36:24Zen
dc.date.available2015-02-18T19:36:24Zen
dc.date.issued2012-05en
dc.description.abstractThe following research utilized representative landscape plants to track the tendencies of deer browsing. The project included four test plots and one control plot. Each plot was 1.2m x 1.8m. The plant varieties used were Lantana ‘Confetti’ (Lantana camera), Echinacea ‘Big Sky Sunrise’ (Echinacea hybrid), Zonal Geranium ‘Allure Lilac Chiffon’ (Pelargonium hortorum), Azalea ‘Snow’ (Rhododendron mucronatum), and Golden Euonymus (Ovatus Aureus). The sites were evaluated three times each week, for six months by counting the tips of plants that were eaten. These assessments provided the opportunity to evaluate the severity of browsing on each plant that was eaten and the preference of deer for each plant species. After six months of plots subject to herbivory, Euonymus and Azalea received the greatest amount of foraging activity.en
dc.description.degreeMALSen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/51504en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectdeeren
dc.subjectfeedingen
dc.subjectgrazingen
dc.subjectlandscapeen
dc.subjectresidentialen
dc.subjectgardenen
dc.titleMonitoring Deer Preferences on Popular Landscape Plantsen
dc.typeMaster's projecten
dc.typeLearning objecten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplinePlant Science and Pest Managementen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Agricultural and Life Sciencesen

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