A measure of the natural potential of land for supporting deer populations

dc.contributor.authorRayburn, Edward B.en
dc.contributor.departmentWildlife Managementen
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-09T21:34:58Zen
dc.date.available2017-03-09T21:34:58Zen
dc.date.issued1972en
dc.description.abstractA model of the inter- and intra-seasonal energy flow through deer populations ,.;as developed through the use of the existing literature. The model was programmed in Fortran IV for computer based use in evaluating the potential biological productivity of land for deer. The model was developed specifically for evaluating land being considered for acquisition for deer-management areas. The model uses "Standard Deer Units" (an integration of climatic, behavior, and range characteristics affecting the energy dynamics of the deer) as a measure of the energy available for the production and maintenance of deer. Estimation of successional changes in cover and forage production are made by use of a flexible statistical distribution model known as a \.Jeibull distribution. Indices of the potential sightable and harvestable deer production are calculated in standard deer units at 5-year intervals over a 50-year planning horizon.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentix, 195 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/75970en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 38878352en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1972.R314en
dc.titleA measure of the natural potential of land for supporting deer populationsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineWildlife Managementen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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