Parturition Behavior and Territoriality in White-Tailed Deer: Impact on Neonatal Mortality

Ozoga, John J.; Verme, Louis J.; Bienz, Craig

doi:10.2307/3808402

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“…They visited the summer ranges of deer three years old and older more frequently than those of two-year-old deer and most spent more time there, although average difference in time spent was not significant. Because deer three years old and older tend to produce more fawns than two-year-olds do (Ozoga et al 1982;Verme and Ullrey 1984;Ozoga and Verme 1986;DelGuidice et al 2007), the greater number of Wolf visits we observed to ranges of older deer is consistent with the assumed food value of those ranges. Older deer can produce one to three fawns per year, so multiple Wolf visits to summer ranges of older deer, even after a Wolf kills a fawn there, could lead to another kill.…”

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Wolf, Canis lupus, Visits to White-tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus, Summer Ranges: Optimal Foraging?

Demma

Mech

2009

Can Field Nat

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We tested whether Wolf (Canis lupus) visits to individual female White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) summer ranges during 2003 and 2004 in northeastern Minnesota were in accord with optimal-foraging theory. Using GPS collars with 10- to 30-minute location attempts on four Wolves and five female deer, plus eleven VHF-collared female deer in the Wolves' territory, provided new insights into the frequency of Wolf visits to summer ranges of female deer. Wolves made a mean 0.055 visits/day to summer ranges of deer three years and older, significantly more than their 0.032 mean visits/day to ranges of two-year-old deer, which generally produce fewer fawns, and most Wolf visits to ranges of older deer were much longer than those to ranges of younger deer. Because fawns comprise the major part of the Wolf's summer diet, this Wolf behavior accords with optimal-foraging theory.

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Wolf, Canis lupus, Visits to White-tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus, Summer Ranges: Optimal Foraging?

Demma

Mech

2009

Can Field Nat

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“…In our study, a minority of deer (19-43 %) were responsible for the majority (80-88 %) of visits to farms, yards, and cattle-use areas which were concentrated in late spring. Yard use increased beginning in April and reached an apex in June near the peak fawning period, which ranges from May 31 to June 10 for the region (Ozoga et al 1982;Verme 1989) (Fig. 3).…”

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Characteristics of white-tailed deer visits to cattle farms: implications for disease transmission at the wildlife–livestock interface

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Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is endemic in freeranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in MI, USA. Currently, the rates of farm visitation by deer and couse of forage resources by cattle and deer are poorly understood. To evaluate the extent deer and livestock may share forage resources, we investigated farm, yard, and cattle-use area visitation by white-tailed deer and compared visitation with common livestock management practices. We fitted 25 female white-tailed deer near the bTB-infected zone in Michigan's Lower Peninsula with global positioning system collars. Livestock management practices associated with farm visitation included presence of confined feeding pastures, number of cattle water sources, and the number of cattle pastures. Fewer farm visits occurred at night than during the day. A higher proportion of nighttime visits occurred between midnight and sunrise. Visitation to yards and cattle-use areas were similar: a higher proportion of visits occurred at night, and a higher proportion of nighttime visits occurred between midnight and sunrise. Multiple visits during the same day were common. Visitation increased through spring and peaked during the fawning season. Results suggest that mitigation and control efforts to guard against potential transmission of bTB should include the season and time of day during which deer visitation occurs. Furthermore, specific livestock management practices may contribute to farm visitation by deer. Deer visiting multiple farms may contribute to local area spread of bTB.Focusing risk mitigation efforts on individual deer that are most likely to visit farms may reduce potential bTB transmission.

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“…Nixon et al (1991) found yearling daughters sharing home ranges with their mothers throughout life, and related females with 100% home-range overlap successfully raising fawns but never being radiolocated together during the fawn-rearing period. Ozoga et al (1982), studying an enclosed herd, also documented spatial exclusion among related females during fawning. Both studies confirmed what has long been regarded as typical behavior by maternal females, social and spatial seclusion in the presence of their newborn fawns (Townsend and Smith 1933;Palmer 1951;Hirth 1977).…”

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Twenty-year home-range dynamics of a white-tailed deer matriline

Nelson¹,

Mech²

1999

Can. J. Zool.

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Abstract:We examined the seasonal migration and home-range dynamics of a multigeneration white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) matriline comprising six females from four generations spanning a 20-year period in northeastern Minnesota. All, from the matriarch to her great-granddaughter, migrated to the same summer and winter ranges, the longest individual record being 14.5 years. Three maternal females concurrently occupied exclusive fawning sites within their ancestral matriarch's summer range, while two nonmaternal females explored new areas and ranged near their mothers. One great-granddaughter expanded her summer range 1 km beyond the matriarch's summer range while essentially vacating half of her ancestors' range and becoming nonmigratory the last 4 years of her life. These data indicate that individual movements of matriline members can potentially expand their ranges beyond the areas occupied by their ancestors through a slow process of small incremental changes. This suggests that the rapid extension of deer range in eastern North America resulted from natal dispersal by yearling deer rather than from the type of home-range expansion reported here. Résumé

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Parturition Behavior and Territoriality in White-Tailed Deer: Impact on Neonatal Mortality

Cited by 162 publications

References 17 publications

Wolf, <em>Canis lupus</em>, Visits to White-tailed Deer, <em>Odocoileus virginianus</em>, Summer Ranges: Optimal Foraging?

Wolf, <em>Canis lupus</em>, Visits to White-tailed Deer, <em>Odocoileus virginianus</em>, Summer Ranges: Optimal Foraging?

Characteristics of white-tailed deer visits to cattle farms: implications for disease transmission at the wildlife–livestock interface

Twenty-year home-range dynamics of a white-tailed deer matriline

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