ABSTRACT

This book is designed to help landowners and forestry professionals develop, implement, and monitor programs to manage both deer and forests with emphasis on resolving deer impact issues. Chapters cover management strategies through identifying and setting goals; managing deer populations and deer impact on land; economics of forest, deer, and impact management; human dimensions of deer management; and developing and implementing integrated management plans. The book presents an integrated, quantitative approach for managing deer populations and impacts so users can manage forest resources sustainably.

chapter 1|19 pages

Introduction

section Section I|2 pages

Ecological and Human Factors

chapter 2|7 pages

Autecology

Weather, Forest Type, and Habitat

chapter 3|5 pages

Autecology

Landscape and Temporal Dimensions

chapter 4|4 pages

Autecology

Home Range, Social Structure, and Landscape Use

chapter 5|4 pages

Autecology

Reproduction and Recruitment

chapter 6|5 pages

Synecology

Predation

chapter 7|6 pages

Synecology

Parasites and Diseases

chapter 8|6 pages

Synecology

Deer and Plant and Animal Communities

chapter 9|5 pages

Human Factors

Deer–Forest Management Areas vs. Deer Administrative Units

chapter 10|8 pages

Human Factors

Hunters and Hunting

chapter 11|7 pages

Human Factors

Science, Values, and Stakeholders

chapter 12|8 pages

Human Factors

Landscape, Politics, and Regulation

chapter 13|9 pages

Deer and Silviculture

section Section II|2 pages

Planning and Assessment

chapter 17|21 pages

Monitoring

chapter 18|10 pages

Deer Checking Stations

chapter 19|7 pages

Financial and Human Resources

section Section III|2 pages

Managing Ecological and Human Factors

section Section IV|2 pages

Special Cases

chapter 27|9 pages

Special Case

Quality Deer Management

chapter 28|6 pages

Special Case

Small Woodlots

chapter 29|5 pages

Special Case

Lease Hunting

chapter 30|5 pages

Special Case

Landscapes Closed to Deer Hunting—Forested Public Parks and Residential Developments

chapter 31|5 pages

Special Case

Deer Management Cooperatives

section Section V|1 pages

Case Histories

chapter 32|6 pages

Timberline Farms/Hyma Devore Lumber

The Power of Education

chapter 33|18 pages

The West Branch Forest Preserve

Whittling Away the Smorgasbord

chapter 34|20 pages

The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative

Integrating Ownerships and Goals

chapter 35|14 pages

Ward Pound Ridge Reservation Park

Convincing the Decision Makers

chapter 36|11 pages

The Mianus River Gorge Preserve

Incremental Adaptive Management

chapter 37|13 pages

Forests of Hemlock Farms

Educate, Educate, Educate

chapter 38|10 pages

Hamilton Small Woodlot Case History

Managing Deer and Forests via Comprehensive Silviculture Aided by Grants

chapter 39|6 pages

The Brubaker Small Woodlot

Innovative Management of Deer Forage and Deer Harvest

chapter 40|14 pages

Competing Interests

Forest Regeneration or Increased Deer Abundance?