Seasonal Habitat Use by Sitka Black-Tailed Deer on Admiralty Island, Alaska
Schoen JW and Kirchhoff MD. 1990. Seasonal Habitat Use by Sitka Black-Tailed Deer on Admiralty Island, Alaska. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 54(3):371-378
We measured seasonal habitat use by 30 radio-collared Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) on northern Admiralty Island in southeastern Alaska from February 1979 to July 1982. Habitat use varied seasonally as deer moved from low-elevation ( 600 m) summer ranges in open canopy subalpine and alpine habitats. Deer used old growth forest almost exclusively during winter and spring, and high-volume old growth (>74 mbf/ha) was used in much greater proportion than its abundance. To minimize the impacts of timber harvesting on deer populations, emphasis should be placed on maintaining stands of high-volume old growth on low-elevation deer winter ranges.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Schoen, John; Kirchhoff, Matthew
- Units
- GLBA , KLGO , SEAN , SITK
- Keywords
- Mammals, Migration, Movements, Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis, Radio Telemetry, Ungulates