Ecology and Management of Blacktailed and Mule Deer of North America

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Black-tailed and mule deer represent one of the largest distributions of mammals in North America and are symbols of the wide-open American West. Each chapter in this book was authored by the world’s leading experts on that topic. Both editors, James R. Heffelfinger and Paul R. Krausman, are widely published in the popular and scientific press and recipients of the O. C. Wallmo Award, given every two years to a leading black-tailed and mule deer expert who has made significant contributions to the conservation of this species. In addition, Heffelfinger has chaired the Mule Deer Working Group sponsored by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies for more than 15 years. This working group consists of the leading black-tailed and mule deer experts from each of 24 states, provinces, and territories in western North America, putting them at the forefront of all conservation and much of the research on this species. The book represents all current knowledge available on these deer, including how changing conditions such as fires, habitat alteration and loss, disease, climate change, socio-economic forces, energy development, and other aspects are influencing their distribution and abundance now and into the future. It takes a completely fresh look at all chapter topics. The revisions of distribution, taxonomy, evolution, behavior, and new and exciting work being done in deer nutrition, migration and movements, diseases, predation, and human dimensions are all assembled in this volume. This book will instantly become the foundation for the latest information and management strategies to be implemented on the ground by practitioners and to inform the public. Although this book is about deer, the topics discussed influence most terrestrial wildlife worldwide, and the basic concepts in many of the chapters are applicable to other species.

Author(s): James R. Heffelfinger, Paul R. Krausman
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2023

Language: English
Pages: 536
City: Boca Raton

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Editors
List of Contributors
Section I Biology and Ecology
Chapter 1 Origin, Classification, and Distribution
Chapter 2 Historical Trends in Black-tailed Deer, Mule Deer, and Their Habitats
Chapter 3 Physical Characteristics
Chapter 4 Digestive Physiology and Nutrition
Chapter 5 Modeling Population Dynamics of Black-tailed and Mule Deer
Chapter 6 Diseases and Parasites
Chapter 7 Carnivore-Prey Relationships
Chapter 8 Competition with Other Ungulates
Section II Ecoregion Habitats and Population Dynamics
Chapter 9 Northern Forest Ecoregion
Chapter 10 Coastal Rainforest Ecoregion
Chapter 11 Intermountain West Ecoregion
Chapter 12 Great Plains Ecoregion
Chapter 13 California Chaparral and Oak Woodlands Ecoregion
Chapter 14 Southwest Deserts Ecoregion
Chapter 15 Colorado Plateau Ecoregion
Section III Population Management
Chapter 16 Population Monitoring
Chapter 17 Harvest Management
Chapter 18 Human Dimensions
Section IV Habitat Management
Chapter 19 Conflict Management
Chapter 20 Threats to Habitat Function
Chapter 21 Habitat Improvement and Water Supplementation
Chapter 22 Migration
Section V The Future
Chapter 23 Challenges and Opportunities for the Future Conservation of Black-tailed and Mule Deer
Bibliography
Index