Factors Affecting Road Mortality of White-Tailed Deer in Eastern South Dakota

Autor:	Troy W. Grovenburg, Jonathan A. Jenks, Robert W. Klaver, Kevin L. Monteith, Dwight H. Galster, Ron J. Schauer, Wilbert W. Morlock, Joshua A. Delger
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	lcsh:GE1-350 white-tailed deer human–wildlife conflict lcsh:QH1-199.5 Animal Sciences South Dakota regression modeling lcsh:General. Including nature conservation geographical distribution deer–vehicle collision lcsh:Environmental sciences Odocoileus virginianus
Zdroj:	Human–Wildlife Interactions Human-Wildlife Interactions, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2017)
DOI:	10.26077/bpwc-e902
Popis:	White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) mortalities (n = 4,433) caused by collisions with automobiles during 2003 were modeled in 35 counties in eastern South Dakota. Seventeen independent variables and 5 independent variable interactions were evaluated to explain deer mortalities. A negative binomial regression model (Ln Y = 1.25 – 0.12 [percentage tree coverage] + 0.0002 [county area] + 5.39 [county hunter success rate] + 0.0023 [vehicle proxy 96–104 km/hr roads], model deviance = 33.43, χ2 = 27.53, df = 27) was chosen using a combination of a priori model selection and AICc. Management options include use of the model to predict road mortalities and to increase the number of hunting licenses, which could result in fewer DVCs.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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