White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) on the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Reservation Supplement 1: 1978 status report

Technical Report · Sat Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:5977956

Kitchings, J T; Story, J D

During 1978 forty-five white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were killed by vehicles on the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Reservation. Patterns of mortality were similar to those previously reported for a nine-year period (1969-1977). During the year the highest number of deer were killed in the fall and more males than females were killed among both fawns and adults. The forty-five deer killed in 1978 are fewer than would have been predicted by the annual rate of increase in the number of road-killed deer during the nine-year base period (1969-1977). This is attributed to both the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency's trap-removal program and to a greater degree of driver awareness to the possibility for hitting an animal. Habitat usage studies were initiated during 1978 by radio-collaring three animals, one buck and two does. Preliminary analysis indicated that the buck showed no preference for a particular habitat. The two does showed a preference for lowland hardwood and pine-dominated areas.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 5977956
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-6803/51
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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