Table 2.

White-tailed deer habitat factor ratings and habitat values on ROW treatment areas in 1982 (pretreatment) and in 1983 and 1984 (post-treatment). Each value is an average of 4,10m × 55m, transects on 2 treatment replications.

	ROW Treatments
	Handcutting			Summer basal			Stem-foliage			Pellet			Frill & Squirt			Adjoining Forest
Habitat factors	’82	’83	’84	’82	’83	’84	’82	’83	’84	’82	’83	’84	’82	’83	’84	’82	’83	’84
Direct factors rated 2-10
Food plant abundance	6.1	7.5	5.6	7.5	7.8	8.1	9.8	6.0	6.5^*	9.0	6.5	5.9^*	8.0	8.0	6.7	7.3	7.3	5.7
Food plant diversity	9.0	8.0	8.0	10.0	7.0	7.5	10.0	6.0	6.5^*	10.0	6.0	8.0	10.0	10.0	7.0	7.8	6.6	7.5
Low plant cover	6.0	10.0	9.0^*	10.0	10.0	9.0	7.0	10.0	10.0^*	8.0	6.0	9.5	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.0	9.8	8.0
Tall shrub cover	9.0	6.0	7.5	5.0	6.0	4.5	7.0	6.8	4.5	6.0	4.0	5.0	8.0	8.0	5.5	4.0	5.2	5.7
Average	7.5	7.9	7.5	8.1	7.7	7.3	8.5	7.2	6.9	8.3	5.6	7.1	9.0	9.0	7.3	7.0	7.2	6.7
Indirect factors rated 1-5
External shrub borders	4.0	3.5	3.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.5	3.3	3.0	3.5	2.8	4.7	3.5	4.0	–	–	–
Typeinterspersion	3.0	4.0	4.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	3.0	5.0	5.0	3.0	5.0	5.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	2.0	2.2	2.0
Stage in succession	5.0	5.0	4.5	5.0	5.0	4.0	5.0	5.0	4.0	5.0	5.0	4.0	5.0	5.0	4.0	2.4	2.4	2.0
Average	4.0	4.2	3.8	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.5	4.1	3.7	4.5	3.9	4.2	3.8	4.0	2.2	2.3	2.1
Habitat value^¹	7.7	8.1	7.5	8.1	7.8	7.5	8.3	7.8	7.3	8.0	6.7	7.3	8.8	8.5	7.5	6.1	6.3	5.9
Habitat class^²	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	M	H	H	H	H	M	M	M

↵1 Habitat value = average of direct factors + average of indirect factors × 2/3.
↵2 Habitat class: high (H) = values 7-10; medium (M) = value 5.1–6.9; low (L) = values 2-5.
↵* Difference between 1982 and 1984 is significant at the 5% level, t-test.