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Description: |
xiv, 402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Introduction. Deer management and the concept of overabundance / William J. McShea, H. Brian Underwood, John H. Rappole -- pt. 1. Philosophical perspectives on managing deer. Recounting whitetails past / Thomas R. McCabe, Richard E. McCabe -- Historical changes in the abundance and distribution of deer in Virginia / W. Matt Knox -- The science of deer management : an animal welfare perspective / Allen T. Rutberg -- The challenge of conserving large mammals, with an emphasis on deer / Chris Wemmer -- pt. 2. Population effects of high-density deer herds. Irruptive behavior in ungulates / Dale R. McCullough -- Genetic variation as a predictor of social structure : genetic approaches for studying free-ranging white-tailed deer / Nancy E. Mathews [and others] -- Density dependence in deer populations / Gary C. White, Richard M. Bartmann -- Density effects on deer sociobiology / Karl V. Miller, John J. Ozoga -- Profiles of deer under different management and habitat conditions in Pennsylvania / William L. Palmer [and others] -- Health characteristics and white-tailed deer population density in the southeastern United States / William R. Davidson, Gary L. Doster -- Reconsidering paradigms of overpopulation in ungulates : white-tailed deer at Saratoga National Historical Park / H. Brian Underwood, William F. Porter -- pt. 3. Ecosystems and high-density deer herds. Rethinking the role of deer in forest ecosystem dynamics / Oswald J. Schmitz, A.R.E. Sinclair -- Vertebrate abundance and the epidemiology of zoonotic diseases / Mark L. Wilson, James E. Childs -- Influence of deer on the structure and composition of oak forests in central Massachusetts / William M. Healy -- Deer and ecosystem management / David S. deCalesta -- Deer populations and the widespread failure of hemlock regeneration in northern forests / William S. Alverson, Donald M. Waller -- Herbivores and the ecology of forest understory birds / William J. McShea, John H. Rappole -- Influence of deer and other factors on an old-field plant community : an eight-year exclosure study / Michael A. Bowers -- Role of refuges in the dynamics of outlying deer populations : two examples from the agricultural Midwest / Lonnie P. Hansen, Charles M. Nixon, Jeff Beringer -- Bottomland forest composition and seedling diversity : simulating succession and browsing by overabundant deer / Steven W. Seagle, Suh-Yuen Liang -- A spatially explicit modeling environment for evaluating deer management strategies / Ken L. Risenhoover [and others] -- Epilogue. Carrying capacity and the overabundance of deer : a framework for management / A.R.E. Sinclair. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Review: "In twenty-three fact-filled chapters, the authors reveal what scientists have learned from analyzing the many studies of deer population dynamics. Anecdotes and lore, which are often repeated in media accounts, are replaced by careful analyses from leading ungulate biologists."--Jacket. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Science of overabundance. Washington, DC : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1997 (OCoLC)645915377 |