Article
What Do We Do With Too Many Deer?
Action Bioscience
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Disciplines
Abstract
Most people love the Bambi-like quality of white-tail deer, but deer overabundance is creating problems for people and wildlife management:
- Deer density increases encounters with humans, including car collisions.
- Deer cause millions of dollars worth of damage each year to agricultural crops, nurseries, and landscaping.
- They are responsible for damage or the disappearance of wild plant species in our natural areas
- Deer play a role in the transmission of tick-borne infections to humans, including Lyme disease.
Citation Information
Thomas P. Rooney. "What Do We Do With Too Many Deer?" Action Bioscience (2010) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/thomas_rooney/37/
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