Ecology and management of white‐tailed deer in a changing world

WJ McShea - Annals of the New york Academy of Sciences, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Due to chronic high densities and preferential browsing, white‐tailed deer have significant
impacts on woody and herbaceous plants. These impacts have ramifications for animals that …

Deer overabundance in the USA: recent advances in population control

RJ Warren - Animal Production Science, 2011 - CSIRO Publishing
During the 20th century, deer (Odocoileus spp.) populations in many parts of the USA
changed from locally extirpated to locally overabundant. In 1997, two comprehensive books …

The ecological impact of humans and dogs on wildlife in protected areas in eastern North America

AW Parsons, C Bland, T Forrester… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The establishment of protected areas is a key strategy for preserving biodiversity. However,
human use of protected areas can cause disturbance to wildlife, especially in areas that …

Predation by coyotes on white‐tailed deer neonates in South Carolina

JC Kilgo, HS Ray, M Vukovich… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Coyotes (Canis latrans) are novel predators throughout the southeastern United States and
their depredation of white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) neonates may explain …

A two-species occupancy model with a continuous-time detection process reveals spatial and temporal interactions

KF Kellner, AW Parsons, R Kays, JJ Millspaugh… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - Springer
Detection/non-detection data are increasingly collected in continuous time, eg, via camera
traps or acoustic sensors. Application of occupancy modeling approaches to these datasets …

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn survival and the influence of landscape characteristics on fawn predation risk in the Southern Appalachian Mountains …

AC Edge, JP Rosenberger, CJ Yates, AR Little… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
In the Southern Appalachian region of the United States, harvest data has indicated the
occurrence of low deer densities while exposing a trend of declining white-tailed deer …

Activity patterns and temporal predator avoidance of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) during the fawning season

SD Higdon, CA Diggins, MJ Cherry, WM Ford - Journal of Ethology, 2019 - Springer
In the presence of a predator, prey may alter their temporal activity patterns to reduce the risk
of an encounter that may induce injury or death. Prey perception of predation risk and …

White‐tailed deer population dynamics and adult female survival in the presence of a novel predator

MC Chitwood, MA Lashley, JC Kilgo… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Recent localized declines in white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations in the
southeastern United States have been linked to increasing predation pressure from coyotes …

Home range size, vegetation density, and season influences prey use by coyotes (Canis latrans)

JN Ward, JW Hinton, KL Johannsen, ML Karlin… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
To ensure reproductive success, Canis species establish contiguous mosaics of territories in
suitable habitats to partition space and defend limiting resources. Consequently, Canis …

Effects of predation risk and group dynamics on white-tailed deer foraging behavior in a longleaf pine savanna

MJ Cherry, LM Conner, RJ Warren - Behavioral Ecology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Costs associated with antipredator behaviors can have profound effects on prey
populations. We investigated the effects of predation risk on white-tailed deer foraging …