Download or read book The Effect of Protection and Distance from the Forest Edge on Soybean Yield Due to White tailed Deer Browsing written by Joseph E. Rogerson and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Factors Affecting White tailed Deer Browsing Rates on Early Growth Stages of Soybean Crops written by Greg Colligan and published by ProQuest. This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deer damage to soybean crops is a concern for soybean producers on the Delmarva Peninsula. Although researchers have documented decreases in the intensity of deer browse on soybean plants as the growing season progresses, an understanding of the mechanisms driving the decrease in deer browse is necessary for reduction and mitigation of deer damage to soybean crops. I tested 4 hypotheses to determine why deer browse rates decreases 3 weeks after plant emergence: plant phenology affects plant palatability, diet change occurs, deer damage induces a plant response making soybean leaves less palatable, and deer consume fewer leaves but the same amount of leaf biomass as the season progresses. I recorded deer browse in double and single crop soybean fields in Little Creek, Delaware during the 2005-2006 growing seasons. To test if plant phenology affected deer browse, I conducted a forage analysis of soybean leaves at different growth stages. Although forage quality components were variable across the growing season, white-tailed deer dietary requirements were met or exceeded in all cases expect one. I compared deer diet composition using microhistological analyses across the early soybean growing season. By late-May, crops constituted>76% of the items documented in deer diets. The proportion of soybeans in the diet increased from 13% to 37% from late-May to early-July. I tested for an induced plant response by comparing the browse rates of plots that were protected from deer browsing until 4 weeks after plant emergence to plots that received no protection and were browsed sometime in during the 1 st 4 weeks. Although I documented greater browse rates in the protected plots, I also documented that protected plots had taller plants suggesting that deer may have been attracted to the taller plants. The amount of soybean leaf biomass deer were consuming across the growing season was variable but did not decrease from the early to late growth stages of soybeans. Decreasing trends in deer browse, during the early part of the growing season, as reported by other authors were likely the result of how other authors determined browse rates. My research indicates that deer browse does not decrease 3 weeks after plant emergence. When browse rates are standardized by using consumed biomass per week, deer browse on soybean plants is continuous across the growing season. If deer continue to consume leaf biomass at a relatively constant rate as the plants grow more leaves, the impact on plant and the visibility of deer browsing to the agricultural producers will decrease across the season.

Download or read book Estimation of Deer Damage to Soybean Production in Mississippi written by Gathel Caleb Hinton and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) are one of Mississippi’s most profitable agricultural crops. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginiaus) damage soybean every year due to the plant’s high palatability, digestibility and nutritional content. I estimated the amount of damage (browsing and loss of yield) caused by deer within 5 soybean fields in eastern Mississippi and compared damage to the number of deer using each field during the 2012 and 2013 growing seasons. I assessed the effectiveness of the chemical repellent Hinder on soybean. While deer did affect soybean height, soybean yield remained unaffected during both years of my study. Given the results of this study, the perception of deer damage may be greater than the physical damage and other environmental factors such as field margin effects may be the reason for spatial variations in soybean yield throughout fields. Hinder also improved soybean height and decreased deer damage but soybean yield remained unchanged

Download or read book Efficacy of Attractant Legume Crops to Reduce Soybean Damage by Deer written by Joseph R. Mortimer and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The need to develop non-lethal, successful, and realistic methods to manage crop damage caused by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) has increased with the prevalence of locally abundant deer populations and societal demands for non-lethal wildlife management. Tests were conducted to find if placing legume border crops at the edge of a soybean field would reduce deer damage to soybeans. Two border crop varieties, Deer Treat and Game Mix (L1) and Deer Plot Legume Mixture (L2) were tested with free ranging deer at the SIUC farms in Illinois. Data collection included track counts, soybean browse counts, legume browse counts, and yield. The objectives were to compare deer attraction to legume border crops adjacent to a soybean field with track counts and browse damage and compare browse damage and yield of soybeans planted adjacent to the border crops. Track counts showed a difference among the treatments (F2,81 = 4.73, P = 0.0114). The L2 (x¯ = 202, n = 30) and L1 (x¯ = 196, n = 30) treatments had approximately 24% higher track counts that the control (x¯ = 160, n = 30). Based on nip counts, there was no evidence that deer preferred L1 (x¯ = 116, n = 15) over L2 (x¯ = 100, n = 15) over the other (F1,8 = 2.73, P = 0.1116). Early season soybean nip counts were 147% higher for the L2 ( x¯ = 37, n = 9) treatment than the L1 ( x¯ = 15, n = 9) treatment at 9.1 m from the border crop treatments (F1,4 = 24.31, P = 0.0003). Comparing soybean yields there was a difference between treatments (F2,4 = 78.97, P = 0.0007) with L2 (x¯ = 3,658 kg/ha, n = 3) and Control (x¯ = 3,292 kg/ha, n = 3) having at least a 40% higher yield than L1 (x¯ = 2,347 kg/ha, n = 3).

Download or read book Field edge Planting to Deter White tailed Deer and Attract Carabid Beetles in Soybean Fields written by Ashley Mullins and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Relationship of White tailed Deer to Forest Edge written by Clark, Thomas P and published by 1979.. This book was released on 1979 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Browsing of Soybeans by White tailed Deer in Georgia written by Russell L. Garrison and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evaluating the Effects of Simulated Deer Damage on Soybean Growth and Yield written by Laura Coats Francoeur and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Feasibility of Controlling Soybean Depredation by White tailed Deer Using a Quality Deer Management Approach in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina written by Eric George Darracq and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Effects of Cattle on White tailed Deer Distribution written by Noel E. Adams and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Effect of Cover Crop Tillage Method and Residue Management on Soybean Yield in South Mississippi written by Carl H. Hovermale and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Why Forests Why Now written by Frances Seymour and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical forests are an undervalued asset in meeting the greatest global challenges of our time—averting climate change and promoting development. Despite their importance, tropical forests and their ecosystems are being destroyed at a high and even increasing rate in most forest-rich countries. The good news is that the science, economics, and politics are aligned to support a major international effort over the next five years to reverse tropical deforestation. Why Forests? Why Now? synthesizes the latest evidence on the importance of tropical forests in a way that is accessible to anyone interested in climate change and development and to readers already familiar with the problem of deforestation. It makes the case to decisionmakers in rich countries that rewarding developing countries for protecting their forests is urgent, affordable, and achievable.

Download or read book A Guide to Successful Wildlife Food Plots written by University of Tennessee Extension and published by . This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Invasive Wild Pigs in North America written by Kurt C. VerCauteren and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout North America, non-native wild pigs have become an ecologically and economically destructive invasive species. Though they are regarded as a popular game species by some, provide economic benefits to others, and are even engrained into societal heritage in some areas, wild pigs are responsible for an extraordinary amount of damage in both natural and anthropogenic systems throughout North America. As the density and range of wild pig habitat have substantially increased over the last several decades, the magnitude and diversity of their negative impacts are not yet fully realized or quantified. With various conflicts continually emerging, wild pig management is difficult and expensive to achieve. As a result, wild pigs represent one of the greatest wildlife management challenges North America faces in the 21st century. Invasive Wild Pigs in North America: Ecology, Impacts, and Management addresses all aspects of wild pig biology, ecology, damage, and management in a single comprehensive volume. It assimilates and organizes information on the most destructive introduced vertebrate species in the United States, establishing a foundation from which managers, researchers, policy makers, and other stakeholders can build upon into the future. The book provides comprehensive coverage of wild pig biology and ecology, techniques for management and research, and regional chapters. It is an asset to readers interested in wild pigs, the resources they impact, and how to mitigate those impacts, and establishes a vision of the future of wild pigs in North America. Features: Compiles valuable knowledge for a broad audience including wild pig managers, researchers, adversaries, and enthusiasts from across North America Addresses taxonomy, morphology, genetics, physiology, spatial ecology, population dynamics, diseases and parasites, and the naturalized niche of wild pigs Includes chapters on damage to resources, management, research methods, human dimensions and education, and policy and legislation Contains full color images and case studies of interesting and informative situations being created by wild pigs throughout North America Includes a chapter on wild pigs at the wildland–urban interface, a more recent and especially challenging issue

Download or read book Wildlife Habitat Management written by Brenda C. McComb and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-06-20 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, conflicts between ecological conservation and economic growth forced a reassessment of the motivations and goals of wildlife and forestry management. Focus shifted from game and commodity management to biodiversity conservation and ecological forestry. Previously separate fields such as forestry, biology, botany, and zoology merged

Download or read book Human Wildlife Interactions written by Michael R. Conover and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-01-05 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book won the 2023 The Wildlife Society Publication Award in the authored book category. Human-wildlife interactions increase exponentially as more and more humans and wildlife crowd into the same limited space. Such interactions often become conflicts when wildlife threaten human health and safety, well-being, or the food supply. This second edition of Human-Wildlife Interactions: From Conflict to Coexistence provides a comprehensive review of the severity of these problems and the methods used to resolve clashes between humans and wildlife. During his forty-year career as a wildlife professor and scientist, Dr. Michael Conover, founder of journal Human-Wildlife Interactions, has become a recognized leader of the scientific field of human-wildlife interactions. In this book, he presents the range of methods for wildlife damage management, including employing lethal methods; distributing supplemental food; changing the behavior of either humans or wildlife; and excluding or repelling wildlife. Backed by numerous case studies and informative side bars, the book documents resolutions to specific human-wildlife conflicts throughout the literature. Containing full color illustrations throughout, the second edition of Human-Wildlife Interactions: From Conflict to Coexistence provides authoritative coverage and depth of both theoretical and practical information. It serves as an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and professional wildlife managers. Disclaimer: Figure 7.7 (b) on page 251 was incorrectly attributed in previous printings. The photographer of figure 7.7 (b) is Cynthia Herrick.

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