Effects of Habitat Enrichment on White-Tailed Deer Selective ...
Effects of Habitat Enrichment on White-Tailed Deer Selective ...
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Forage Selecti<strong>on</strong><br />
• Bite Counts<br />
– 8‐10, hand‐raised female<br />
deer distributed am<strong>on</strong>g<br />
enclosures<br />
– Permanently maintained in<br />
enclosures<br />
– Data collected seas<strong>on</strong>ally<br />
from Spring 2007 to<br />
Summer 2008<br />
• 2 hours <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>stant foraging<br />
data per deer<br />
• Data collected <strong>on</strong><br />
vegetati<strong>on</strong> species, plant<br />
part, and bite size