Resource Selection by Wild and Ranched White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) during the Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (EHDV) Transmission Season in Florida
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Areas
2.2. Capture, Handling, and Telemetry Data Collection
2.3. Explanatory Environmental Variables
2.4. Resource Selection Model Development
3. Results
3.1. Data Summary
3.2. Resource Selection Models
3.3. Spatial Predictions
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Ranched | Equal Area ρx̅ | Equal Area ρσ2 |
---|---|---|
Upland mixed hardwood–pine + bottomland mixed hardwood + tertiary roads + water + food | 0.9654 | 0.0002 |
Upland pine + upland mixed hardwood–pine + bottomland mixed hardwood + tertiary roads + water + food | 0.9715 | 0.0002 |
Upland mixed hardwood–pine + bottomland mixed hardwood + tertiary roads + water | 0.9782 | 0.0004 |
Wild | ||
Upland pine + upland mixed hardwood–pine + bottomland mixed hardwood + tertiary roads + water + food | 0.9438 | 0.0002 |
Covariate | Ranched Estimate ± SE | Wild Estimate ± SE | Ranched p-Value | Wild p-Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Intercept | −1.7281 ± 0.0612 | −4.3384 ± 0.2899 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Upland pine forest | 0.0202 ± 0.0421 | 2.5568 ± 0.1208 | 0.6316 | <0.001 |
Upland mixed hardwood–coniferous forest | −0.7400 ± 0.0835 | 1.6507 ± 0.1234 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Bottomland mixed forest | 0.1925 ± 0.0442 | 2.2778 ± 0.1220 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Distance to tertiary roads | −0.3331 ± 0.0151 | −1.1258 ± 0.0389 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Distance to permanent water bodies | −0.0825 ± 0.0145 | 0.6075 ± 0.0224 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Distance to supplementary food sources | −0.0412 ± 0.0154 | −0.1858 ± 0.0233 | 0.0072 | <0.001 |
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Dinh, E.T.N.; Orange, J.P.; Peters, R.M.; Wisely, S.M.; Blackburn, J.K. Resource Selection by Wild and Ranched White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) during the Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (EHDV) Transmission Season in Florida. Animals 2021, 11, 211. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010211
Dinh ETN, Orange JP, Peters RM, Wisely SM, Blackburn JK. Resource Selection by Wild and Ranched White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) during the Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (EHDV) Transmission Season in Florida. Animals. 2021; 11(1):211. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010211
Chicago/Turabian StyleDinh, Emily T.N., Jeremy P. Orange, Rebecca M. Peters, Samantha M. Wisely, and Jason K. Blackburn. 2021. "Resource Selection by Wild and Ranched White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) during the Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (EHDV) Transmission Season in Florida" Animals 11, no. 1: 211. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010211