Deer Use of a Right-of-Way in Central Pennsylvania, U.S.

Richard H. Yahner

doi:10.48044/jauf.2009.010

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Average number (percent of total) of undesirable trees/ac 25 to 100 cm (1 to 3 ft tall) in wire zones and border zones of two replicates of each treatment combined that show evidence of browsing or no browsing by white-tailed deer on the State Game Lands 33 Research and Demonstration Area in the year previous to June 2006.^{^z}

Treatment unit (replicate)	Wire zone		Border zone
Treatment unit (replicate)	Browsed	Unbrowsed	Browsed	Unbrowsed
Mowing	31 (72)	12 (28)	18 (62)	11 (28)
Mowing plus herbicide	15 (63)	9 (37)	13 (52)	12 (48)
Stem–foliage spray	18 (78)	5 (22)	19 (79)	5 (21)
Foliage spray	24 (80)	6 (20)	9 (33)	18 (67)
Basal low volume	10 (50)	10 (50)	7 (30)	21 (70)
All units	98 (70)^{^y}	42 (30)	66 (50)	67 (50)

↵^zData are combined from undesirable tree species, e.g., black cherry (Prunus serotina), red maple (Acer rubrum), white oak (Quercus alba), chestnut oak (Q. montanus), northern red oak (Q. rubra), black oak (Q. velutina), and sassafras (Sassafras albidum).
↵^yTotal number (all species combined) of browsed trees were significantly greater in wire zones than in border zones. χ² goodness-of-fit test; χ² = 6.7, df = 1, P = 0.01.