An Updated Framework for Modeling White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Habitat Quality in Illinois, USA.

ABSTRACT: White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are a cervid species found mostly in the Americas. Managing white-tailed deer requires understanding their relationship with the environment, which was characterized by Roseberry and Woolf (Wildlife Society Bulletin 1, 1998, 252) for all counties in Illinois, USA, who incorporated habitat quantity and quality in a deer habitat suitability index. However, this index was based on satellite imagery from 1996 and did not explore the smaller spatial scales used by deer. Our study addressed these gaps by developing a deer land cover utility (LCU) score for each TRS (township, range, and section), township, and county in Illinois based on the methodology outlined in Roseberry and Woolf (Wildlife Society Bulletin 1, 1998, 252) but usi

SUBMITTER: Mori J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11531931 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature