▪ Abstract Deer have expanded their range and increased dramatically in abundance
worldwide in recent decades. They inflict major economic losses in forestry, agriculture, and …

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 …

Considerable controversy has arisen over the management of white‐tailed deer in eastern
landscapes where there is evidence of damage to forest vegetation, crops, and wildlife …

For many plant species in eastern North America, short observed seed dispersal distances
(ranging up to a few tens of meters) fail to explain rapid rates of invasion and migration. This …

Natural disturbances are critical ecosystem processes, with both ecological and
socioeconomic benefits and disadvantages. Large herbivores are natural disturbances that …

A major goal in ecology is to understand mechanisms that increase invasion success of
exotic species. A recent hypothesis implicates altered species interactions resulting from …

Oak Forest Ecosystems focuses on the relationship between an oak forest's acorn yield and
species of wildlife that depend on it. It begins by treating factors such as oak distribution …

Chronic herbivory by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman) can have
profound impacts on the function and structure of forest ecosystems. We examined the …

The invasion of non‐native earthworms (Lumbricus spp.) into a small number of intensively
studied stands of northern hardwood forest has been linked to declines in plant diversity and …

Abstract Changes in habitat and reduction in predation and hunting pressure are two
primary causes of high-density populations of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in …