Browsing Patterns of White-Tailed Deer Following Increased Timber Harvest and a Decline in Population Density

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dc.contributor.authorCrimmins, Shawn M.en
dc.contributor.authorEdwards, John W.en
dc.contributor.authorFord, W. Marken
dc.contributor.authorKeyser, Patrick D.en
dc.contributor.authorCrum, James M.en
dc.contributor.departmentFish and Wildlife Conservationen
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-18T09:58:29Zen
dc.date.available2017-09-18T09:58:29Zen
dc.date.issued2010-11-02en
dc.date.updated2017-09-18T09:58:29Zen
dc.description.abstractWe examined browsing patterns of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) on a site in the central Appalachians that experienced a substantial (>50%) reduction in deer population density and an increase in the amount of timber harvest since 2001. We sampled woody browse in and immediately adjacent to 12 clearcuts ranging in age from 0–5 years postharvest in summer 2007. Clearcut-interior areas had higher woody browse abundance and browsing rates than clearcut-edge or mature forest areas. Woody browse abundance was slightly higher within individual clearcuts than in 2001 at higher population densities and lower timber harvest rates. Overall browsing rates declined from approximately 17% in 2001 to less than 5% during our study, suggesting that the combination of deer population control, and increasing the amount of timber harvest across the landscape can reduce herbivory to levels that may not impede growth and survival of forest vegetation.en
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dc.identifier.citationShawn M. Crimmins, John W. Edwards, W. Mark Ford, Patrick D. Keyser, and James M. Crum, “Browsing Patterns of White-Tailed Deer Following Increased Timber Harvest and a Decline in Population Density,” International Journal of Forestry Research, vol. 2010, Article ID 592034, 7 pages, 2010. doi:10.1155/2010/592034en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1155/2010/592034en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/79041en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherHindawien
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.holderCopyright © 2010 Shawn M. Crimmins et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.titleBrowsing Patterns of White-Tailed Deer Following Increased Timber Harvest and a Decline in Population Densityen
dc.title.serialInternational Journal of Forestry Researchen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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