Effects of Root Plowing on White-Tailed Deer Condition, Population Status, and Diet
| Autor: | Donald C. Ruthven, Eric C. Hellgren, Samuel L. Beasom |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
education.field_of_study
geography geography.geographical_feature_category Ecology Population size Population Species diversity Plant community Biology Odocoileus biology.organism_classification Grassland Animal science Habitat General Earth and Planetary Sciences education Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation General Environmental Science Woody plant |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Wildlife Management. 58:59 |
| ISSN: | 0022-541X |
| DOI: | 10.2307/3809549 |
| Popis: | Determining the effects of plant community changes on animal populations is an important area of ecological research. We compared condition, population characteristics, and diet composition of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from 2 root-plowed (low brush diversity) and 2 untreated (high brush diversity) sites in the eastern Rio Grande Plains of Texas to test the hypothesis that root plowing, which decreases woody species diversity-, reduced deer habitat quality. We collected 8 adult female white-tailed deer from each site every 3 months for 6 sampling periods. We assessed condition from several physiological, reproductive, and digestive indices and determined food habits by microhistological analysis of rumen samples. We estimated population size from helicopter surveys |
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