The impacts of white-tailed deer browsing and distance from the forest edge on soybean yield (original) (raw)
2014, Wildlife Society Bulletin
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White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) densities in North America have increased significantly in the last 100 years, contributing to extensive agricultural losses. Smaller farming operations are more likely to be impacted by these losses since they generally are not as financially buffered against poor harvests. This study explores changes in plant growth patterns, percent damage, harvest biomass, and yield of a soybean crop from deer browsing at three exposure levels on a small research farm in southwestern Ohio. Experimental soybean plots protected from deer browsing were placed in 0.5 hectare fields during the entire 2010 growing season. Similar, but unprotected, control plots were adjacent to these exclosed areas. The exclosure/control areas were assigned a browse exposure level (high, medium, low) based on their proximity to a wooded area. Individually identified plants were sampled by exposure level and treatment (protected vs. unprotected) in July and August measuring he...
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