White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) on the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Reservation: data on road-killed animals, 1969--1977

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:6098732

Story, J D; Kitchings, J T

During nine years (1969--1977), 126 white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were killed by highway vehicles on the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge, Tennessee Reservation. Mortality was highest in the fall, and more males than females were killed among both fawns and adults. While traffic volume increased 8.2% annually, deer road-kills increased 43.8% annually. Increased road-kills were attributed primarily to an increase in the resident population.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 6098732
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-6803
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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