Winter habitat selection by Sitka black-tailed deer

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 322-331

  Doerr, Joseph G ^a,c   Degayner, Eugene J ^b,d   Ith, Glen ^a  

^a US Forest Service   (United States)

^b US Forest Service   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d Eastern Region   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearcutting; Deer habitat management; Habitat selection; Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis; Old growth; Southeastern Alaska

Indexed keywords

CLEARCUTTING; DEER; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WINTER;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS SITKENSIS;

EID: 18044367933     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069<0322:WHSBSB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. ALABACK, P. B. 1982. Dynamics of understory biomass in Sitka spruce-western hemlock forests of southeast Alaska. Ecology 63:1932-1948.
2. _, AND G. P. JUDAY. 1989. Structure and composition of low elevation old-growth forests in Research Natural Areas of southeast Alaska. Natural Areas Journal 9:27-38.
3. BUNNELL, F. L., AND D. R. KLEIN. 1984. Response of black-tailed deer to winters of different severity on northern Vancouver Island. Pages 385-390 in W. R. Meehan, T. R. Merrell, and T. A. Hanley, editors. Fish and wildlife relationships in old-growth forests: proceedings of a symposium; 12-15 April 1982; Juneau, Alaska. American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists, Morehead City, North Carolina, USA.
4. CAOUETTE, J. P., M. G. KRAMER, AND G. J. NOWACKI. 2000. Deconstructing the timber volume paradigm in the management of the Tongass National Forest. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-282. Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, Oregon, USA.
5. CHANG, K. T., D. L. VERBLYA, AND J. J. YEO. 1995. Spatial analysis of habitat selection by Sitka black-tailed deer in southeast Alaska, USA. Environmental Management 19:579-589.
6. COCHRAN, W. G. 1954. Some methods of strengthening the common chi-squared tests. Biometrics 10:417-451.
7. DOERR, J. G., AND N. L. SANDBURG. 1986. Effects of pre-commercial thinning on understory vegetation and deer habitat utilization on Big Level Island in southeast Alaska. Forest Science 32:1092-1095.
8. HANLEY, T, A., AND J. D. MCKENDRICK. 1985. Potential nutritional limitations for black-tailed deer in a spruce-hemlock forest, southeast Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 49:103-114.
9. _, AND C. L. ROSE. 1987. Influence of overstory on snow depth and density in hemlock-spruce stands: implications for management of deer habitat in southeast Alaska. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-230. Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, Oregon, USA.
10. HARRIS, A. S. 1989. Wind in the forests of southeast Alaska and guides for reducing damage. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-244. Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, Oregon, USA.
11. HURLBERT, S. H. 1984. Pseudoreplication and the design of ecological field experiments. Ecological Monographs 54:187-211.
12. JOHNSON, D. H. 2002. The importance of replication in wildlife research. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:919-932.
13. JULIN, K. R., AND J. P. CAOUETTE. 1997. Options for defining old-growth timber volume strata: a resource assessment. Pages 24-37 in K. R. Julin, compiler. Assessments of wildlife viability, old-growth timber volume estimates, forested wetlands, and slope stability. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-392. Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, Oregon, USA.
14. KIRCHHOFF, M. D., AND J. W. SCHOEN. 1983. Black-tailed deer use in relation to forest clear-cut edges in southeast Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 47:497-501.
15. _, AND _. 1987. Forest cover and snow: implication for deer habitat in southeast Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 51:28-33.
16. KLEIN, D. R. 1965. Ecology of deer range in Alaska. Ecological Monographs 35:259-284.
17. _, AND S. T. OLSON. 1960. Natural mortality patterns in deer of southeast Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 24:80-88.
18. KRAMER, M. G., A. J. HANSEN, M. L. TAPER, AND E. J. KISSINGER. 2001. Abiotic controls on windthrow and natural forest dynamics in a coastal temperate rainforest. Ecology 82:2749-2768.
19. NOWACKI, G. J., AND M. G. KRAMER. 1998. The effects of wind disturbance on temperate rain forest structure and dynamics of southeast Alaska. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-421. Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, Oregon, USA.
20. OLIVER, C. D., AND B. C. LARSON. 1990. Forest stand dynamics. McGraw-Hill, New York, USA.
21. PARKER, K. L., C. T. ROBBINS, AND T. A. HANLEY. 1984. Energy expenditures for locomotion by mule deer and elk. Journal of Wildlife Management 48:474-488.
22. _, M. P. MCGILLINGHAM, T. A. HANLEY, AND C. T. ROBBINS. 1999. Energy and protein balance of free-ranging black-tailed deer in a natural forest environment. Wildlife Monographs 143:1-47.
23. ROSE, C. L. 1982. Deer response to forest succession on Annette Island, southeast Alaska. Thesis, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA.
24. SCHOEN, J. W., AND M. D. KIRCHHOFF. 1990. Seasonal habitat use by black-tailed deer on Admiralty Island, Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 54:371-378.
25. STEEL, R. G. D., AND J. H. TORRIE. 1960. Principles and procedures of statistics with special references to the biological sciences. McGraw-Hill, New York, USA.
26. SURING, L. H., E. J. DEGAYNER, R. W. FLYNN, M. D. KIRCHHOFF, J. W. SCHOEN, AND L. C. SHEA. 1993. Habitat capability model for Sitka black-tailed deer in southeast Alaska: winter habitat. U.S. Forest Service, Juneau, Alaska, USA.
27. VAN HORNE, B. 1983. Density as a misleading indicator of habitat quality. Journal of Wildlife Management 47:893-901.
28. WALLMO, O. C., AND J. W. SCHOEN. 1980. Response of deer to secondary forest succession in southeast Alaska. Forest Science 26:448-462.
29. WHITE, G. C., AND R. A. GARROTT. 1990. Analysis of wildlife radio-tracking data. Academic Press, New York, USA.
30. YEO, J. J., AND J. M. PEEK. 1992. Habitat selection by female Sitka black-tailed deer in logged forests of southeast Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 56:253-261.