Stephen S. Ditchkoff

Effects of forest treatments on nutritional carrying capacity for white‐tailed deer in mid‐rotation loblolly pine stands

Abstract Landowners and managers are interested in improving habitat quality for white‐tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ; hereinafter, deer) in loblolly pine ( Pinus taeda ) forests in the southeastern United States. Commercial thinning, prescribed fire, and herbicides can in...