The Everglades Deer Herd Life History and Management
Loveless CM. 1959. The Everglades Deer Herd Life History and Management. Florida Game And Fresh Water Fish Commission. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission: Pittman-Roberston Projects
Everglades deer occupy a range that encompasses approximately 2,000 square miles of seasonally flooded, fresh water marsh located in southeastern peninsula Florida. These deer, which are classified as Florida white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virinianus scminolus Goldman and Kellogg) are unique because they occur in an environment that is almost completely aquatic. The name of the herd is derived from the range which is occupies. Preliminary studies were initiated in June 1955; the most intensive work was conducted between January 1956 and January 1959. The objective was to acquire a knowledge of the ecology of Everglades deer to serve as a basis for management and to permit authoritative recommendations concerning establishment of water level regulations compatible with deer. Investigations were confined principally to the 725,300-acre Everglades Wildlife Management Area that comprises the Central and Southern Florida Flood control District’s Conservation Areas 1 and 3 (Fig. 1) but data were also obtained from other portions of the region. A discussion of techniques that were employed in the collection and analysis of data is included under each section of this report.
- Type
- Book
- Authors
- Loveless, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 1959
- Publisher
- Florida Game And Fresh Water Fish Commission
- Units
- EVER
- Keywords
- Antlers, Breeding, Ecological distribution, History, hyrdology, Mule Deer, Starvation, Vegetation