Sentences with phrase «tailed deer populations»

The paper was published in the journal Biological Invasions and also examines impacts sika deer have had on the native white - tailed deer populations in an attempt to provide information that could lead to better management of the species.

But by the 1990s, white - tailed deer populations in parks had swelled to such size that many species of native wildflowers such as trillium and lilies largely disappeared, replaced by wild ginger and exotic species such as garlic mustard and Japanese stiltgrass, plants not favored by deer.

The rebound of white - tailed deer populations — over 20 million roam the U.S. today — is viewed as one of the nation's greatest conservation success stories.

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Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that neutering male white - tailed deer over a three - year period could potentially reduce the population by 10 to 30 percent.

Lyme disease has become more prevalent in Staten Island due to the population boom of white - tailed deer in the borough.

Warmer winters, wetter and earlier springs (which expand the time during which ticks can pick up the disease), increased humidity, and greener environments can all contribute to the increased incidence of ticks and the growing populations of hosts, including large mammals like white - tailed deer; smaller ones such as white - footed mice, the principal carrier of Lyme disease; and many species of birds.

Regulated deer hunts in Indiana state parks have helped restore the health of forests suffering from decades of damage caused by overabundant populations of white - tailed deer, a Purdue study shows.

One theory is that the sika deer established themselves before the white - tail populations rebounded and prevented them from re-occupying some areas,» said Bowman.

White - tailed deer in the northern United States are already showing a population boom thanks to this year's lack of snowfall, which has made it easier for the animals to find food, said Curtis.

«What I saw when we did some population estimation work several years back before this project, the white - tail numbers were high in some areas and so were the sika deer numbers.

I conducted research on white - tailed deer including mapping and sampling of its habitat types determining habitat selection home range size and structure and conducted behavior and population dynamics studies using radio - tel...