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Numbers of Key Deer Deaths Stabilizing


Numbers of Key Deer Deaths Stabilizing - Key West The Newspaper

The number of Key deer deaths due to New World screwworm infestation has remained stable at 132 for more than a week; however, U.S. Fish and ...

About Key Deer

With the establishment of National Key Deer Refuge in 1957 and intensive law enforcement efforts, the population has since increased and has now stabilized. The ...

MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY FACTORS IN KEY DEER ... - BioOne

Deer numbers were estimated at fewer than 100 animals in the. 1940s and 1950s (Allen, 1952; Dickson,. 1955; US Fish and Wildlife Service, 1985), but the ...

Key deer - Wikipedia

The Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) is an endangered subspecies of the white-tailed deer that lives only in the Florida Keys.

Figures Appendices - Monroe County

The mortality index is the total Key Deer deaths documented on Big Pine and No Name Keys. It was 120 (95 human-caused) in 2008, up from 113 (90 human-caused) in ...

Florida's iconic Key deer face an uncertain future as seas rise

These charismatic diminutive deer have been listed as endangered for almost 60 years after their numbers dipped to about 50 from hunting and ...

Key deer - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio

Hunting them was banned in 1939, but widespread poaching and habitat destruction caused the subspecies to plummet to near-extinction by the 1950s. Road kills ...

Florida's Endangered Key Deer – is time running out to save them?

Preziosi added “12-16+% of the Key deer population are known to be killed or have to be euthanized each year from vehicle collisions, so well ...

Creature Feature: Key Deer - Field School

One of the most threatened (and certainly one of the most endearing) is the Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium). The Key Deer is a ...

The number of Key deer road mortalities per year along all roads...

The number of Key deer road mortalities per year along all roads combined (1966–2016) and during the ten years before (1991–2000) and the fourteen years ...

Management Strategies for Endangered Florida Key Deer - OAKTrust

Fig. 2.5. Comparison of annual Key deer mortality numbers (1976-1999) and population trends: (a) observed trend and mortality (b) ...

Florida's iconic Key deer face uncertain future as seas rise

These charismatic diminutive deer have been listed as endangered for almost 60 years after their numbers dipped to about 50 from hunting and ...

Effects of Key deer herbivory on forest communities in the lower ...

The Key deer population has increased to over 700 deer from approximately 50 deer in the 1950s; however, approximately 75% of the population resides on only a ...

Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge - Florida - Sherpa Guides

The number of road kills has been steadily rising since 1995, culminating in 90 in 1998, which is 68 percent of all known deer deaths for that year. Some deer ...

Effects of US 1 Project on Florida Key Deer Mortality - jstor

stabilized by the third year (2005, n ? 1,629 exposures). In combining ... segments), and 4) an increase in deer population numbers on BPK (Lopez et al ...

SOURCE–SINK DYNAMICS OF FLORIDA KEY DEER ON BIG PINE ...

the total Key deer mortality on BPK. They report- ed that increases in urban ... (6) amount of avoided habitat for Key deer (ha). Lopez (2001) reported ...

Key Deer - BigPineKey.com

With the establishment of National Key Deer Refuge in 1957 and intensive law enforcement efforts, the population has since increased and has now stabilized.

RARE: How Humans Impact the Key Deer Population

Even though government protections have helped increase the Key deer population in recent years, these animals remain at risk. This resource is ...

on Deer - NPS History

and has now stabilized. The present population is approximately 300 deer ... Key deer can tolerate small amounts of salt in their water and they will ...

NATIONAL KEY DEER REFUGE - Federal Highway Administration

Figure 5.10: Key Deer Mortality and Average Deer Count: 1966 2010 ... TYPE B STABILIZATION. 160-4. 6. 1. SY. 0.67. $4.30. $2.87. OPTIONAL BASE,BASE GROUP 08 ...