Calibration of Indices to Sika and White-tailed Deer Abundance on Assateague Island National Seashore

Tzilkowski WM, Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish And Wildlife Research Unit, School of Forest Resources. 1985. Calibration of Indices to Sika and White-tailed Deer Abundance on Assateague Island National Seashore. N1615

Three large mammalian herbivores, the feral pony (Equus caballus), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginanus), and sika deer (Cervus nippon) inhabit Assateague Island National Seashore (AINS). Of this group of herbivores, the white-tailed deer is the only native species. Large mammalian herbivores interact~ information about the interaction among feral ponies, sika deer and white-tailed deer is lacking for AINS.

Type
Published Report
Authors
Tzilkowski, Walter; Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish And Wildlife Research Unit; School of Forest Resources
Date of Issue
1985-01-07
Units
ASIS
Keywords
Assateague Island, Behavior, sika deer, White-Tailed Deer

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