• Dispersal behavior was examined for 119 male and 102 female white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) fawns marked in central and northern Illinois. (bioone.org)
  • Large effects of white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) upon individual plants, plant populations and communities have been documented in a number of studies. (bioone.org)
  • F. LELAND RUSSELL , DAVID B. ZIPPIN , and NORMA L. FOWLER "Effects of White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) on Plants, Plant Populations and Communities: A Review," The American Midland Naturalist 146(1), 1-26, (1 July 2001). (bioone.org)
  • Abundant adipose tissue in the epicardial groove, surrounding the kidneys and within the mesentery indicated the good body condition of the white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ). (cdc.gov)
  • The golden eagle ( Aquila chrysaetos) and the white -tailed eagle ( Haliaeetus albicilla), being apex predators and facultative scavengers, can bioaccumulate different environmental contaminants, including toxic elements that may adversely affect their health . (bvsalud.org)
  • The IUCN status of the white-tailed sea eagle is least concern. (belfastcity.gov.uk)
  • The IUCN believe that the white-tailed sea eagle is not in any danger of extinction in the imminent future. (belfastcity.gov.uk)
  • Birds such as the blue tit invest in many offspring and have shorter lifespans, while the white-tailed eagle invests in a long lifespan and fewer offspring. (lu.se)
  • The largest in the state, the white-tailed jackrabbit ( Lepus townsendii ), can reach speeds of up to 40 mph when it needs to escape predators. (dmns.org)
  • Hemorrhagic Disease is one of the most important diseases affecting white-tailed deer populations in Kentucky and throughout the Southeast. (ky.gov)
  • Adult white-tailed deer are about three feet tall at the front shoulders. (maryland.gov)
  • however, as an adult, the tick prefers to feed on the white-tailed deer, the primary host in the United States. (medscape.com)
  • After Hurricane Flora destroyed most of its rainforest habitat on Tobago, the White-tailed Sabrewing was thought to be extinct on the island, but it was rediscovered in 1974. (earthlife.net)
  • Maryland white-tailed deer habitat includes most of the state except for open water and intensely developed urban areas (e.g. downtown Baltimore). (maryland.gov)
  • Because of this, suburban sprawl creates ideal habitat conditions for white-tailed deer. (maryland.gov)
  • The original, 2006 edition of Timothy Edward Fulbright and J. Alfonso Ortega-S.'s White-Tailed Deer Habitat: Ecology and Management on Rangelands was hailed as "a splendid reference for the classroom and those who make their living from wildlife and the land" and as "filling a niche that is not currently approached in the literature. (tamupress.com)
  • Focused across political borders and written with an understanding of environments where periodic drought punctuates long-term weather patterns, this revised and expanded edition of White-Tailed Deer Habitat: Ecology and Management on Rangelands will aid landowners, researchers, and naturalists in their efforts to integrate land management and use with sound ecological practices. (tamupress.com)
  • This created ideal habitat for the white-tailed deer, now the most common large mammal of the eastern woodlands. (zooamerica.com)
  • White-tailed deer are herbivores and feed on a variety of vegetation, depending on what is available in their habitat. (zooamerica.com)
  • Private timber companies in the southeastern United States have a long history of cooperatively working with individual hunting clubs (or cooperatives) on their properties to improve the quality of white-tailed deer populations and hunting opportunities. (missouri.edu)
  • White-tailed deer are reddish-brown to blue-gray or tan. (hunter-ed.com)
  • It is pale gray to reddish brown and has white fur on its belly, feet, and underside of the tail. (cdc.gov)
  • The whitetail-shortage problem in the state's north country, for example, is exacerbated by wolves. (startribune.com)
  • But it's also likely that successful hunters in recent years have spent more time in the state's woods and fields to bag a deer than they did when whitetails were more plentiful. (startribune.com)
  • And right now, regardless how much or how little the state's depressed white-tail herd is discussed at this weekend's DNR round table, those hunters aren't happy. (startribune.com)
  • The cost of our state's white-tailed deer restoration program has been conservatively estimated at $1.2 million (in 1950-1970 dollars). (ncwildlife.org)
  • We've known for some time that ticks taken from white-tailed deer are not infected, and we speculated that something about the deer prevented those ticks from becoming infected. (umass.edu)
  • White-tailed sea eagles are the largest of all European eagles and are broader and more vulture-like than golden eagles. (belfastcity.gov.uk)
  • White-tailed sea eagles are up to 91 centimetres (cm) long, with a wing span of up to 245cm. (belfastcity.gov.uk)
  • Experts believe that there are over 20,000 white-tailed sea eagles living in the wild. (belfastcity.gov.uk)
  • Lead, cadmium, and other trace elements in the liver of golden eagles and white-tailed eagles: recent data from Poland and a systematic review of previous studies. (bvsalud.org)
  • One of the tested white -tailed eagles had hepatic Pb above the threshold of sublethal poisoning . (bvsalud.org)
  • The whitetail is an adaptable browser, feeding on green plants in spring and summer, and surviving on twigs, buds, and acorns in the fall and winter. (zooamerica.com)
  • The tail, about 9 to 11 inches long, is mostly brown although the underside is all white. (ncwildlife.org)
  • The underside of the tail is white, producing a "flag" when it is raised off the rump. (hunter-ed.com)
  • An increase in sampling size will give wildlife professionals a better understanding of how widespread covid-19 is in wild white-tail deer. (weau.com)
  • Wildlife species such as bobwhite quail, mourning doves, cottontail rabbits, wild turkey and white-tailed deer provide recreational and hunting opportunities for Missouri citizens. (missouri.edu)
  • To carry out their experiment, the researchers obtained blood serum from a semi-captive white-tailed deer herd at Auburn University in Alabama. (umass.edu)
  • Whether a mature buck with splendid antlers, a graceful doe or a spotted fawn running with its mother, the white-tailed deer is one of the most popular of animals. (ncwildlife.org)
  • Because white-tailed deer are polygamous, one dominant buck can breed numerous does. (maryland.gov)
  • Tales of White Tailed Spiders as flesh eating monsters first became common after the 1980s, when media reports linked the bite from the White Tailed Spider to a severe form of skin ulceration, known as Necrotic Arachnidism. (webtvhub.com)
  • Unpleasant, painful and difficult to treat, the medical problems are real, but was the White Tailed Spider unfairly fingered as the culprit? (webtvhub.com)
  • In these experiments we determined that white-tailed deer serum kills the Lyme bacterium. (umass.edu)
  • This is an extra-large, majestic piece of white tail deer antler lighting that will add rustic decor to any log furniture home! (logcabinrustics.com)
  • It usually has a white patch on its neck and large prominent ears. (ncwildlife.org)
  • Mule deer have larger ears than white-tailed deer. (hunter-ed.com)
  • When hunting, you need to be able to correctly identify both male and female white-tailed deer and mule deer. (hunter-ed.com)
  • North Carolina's population of white-tailed deer is estimated at around 1 million animals. (ncwildlife.org)
  • The state had a growing population of white-tailed deer until either-sex seasons were liberalized in the early 1990s. (ncwildlife.org)
  • The bill is generally longer in the Paria Peninsula population and the tail is usually shorter in the Cordillera de Caripe population. (earthlife.net)
  • The concern would be that the white-tailed deer population becomes this kind of reservoir of COVID-19 that can spread pretty easily amongst the deer that they would give the virus a chance to mutate into a variant that then could at a later date, infect a human that could kick off like another surge with a new variant," said Dr. Pothof. (weau.com)
  • RESULTS: At baseline, the study population had a mean age of 59.3 years, their mean BMI was 31.9 kg/m(2) , HbA(1c) level was 57 mmol/mol (7.4%) and glucose level was 8.8 mmol/l, and 77% were of white European ancestry(whiteindividuals) and 21% of black African ancestry (blackindividuals). (cdc.gov)
  • The study, published recently in the journal Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases , demonstrates that the blood of the white-tailed deer kills the corkscrew-shaped bacterium that causes Lyme disease, a potentially debilitating illness. (umass.edu)
  • As with most diseases and parasites of white-tailed deer, impacts will be minimized in deer herds that are maintained at moderate to low densities. (ky.gov)
  • Within its natural range, this is the only large hummingbird with white markings on the tail. (earthlife.net)
  • Also known as the prairie hare or white jack, the WTJR's coat changes color seasonally, brown in summer, white in winter, and in variable degrees in the southern part of their range (Colorado). (dmns.org)
  • The typical, annual average home range for white-tailed deer is considered about one square mile (640 acres). (maryland.gov)
  • In contrast, horns such as the bison's, are permanent.White-tailed deer have the most extensive range of all the North American deer species. (zooamerica.com)
  • The home range of white-tailed deer may encompass several hundred acres across property boundaries. (missouri.edu)
  • Throughout the year, White Lake is proud to host a range of fun and exciting community festivals as well as chamber of commerce events. (whitelake.org)
  • White-tailed deer are also common throughout much of the United States, southern Canada and even parts of central America. (maryland.gov)
  • This is the focal species of this year's first paper, in which Larsson (2023) presents a method to estimate age and sex ratios among wintering Long-tailed Ducks from photo surveys at sea. (lu.se)
  • males are generally larger than females, with longer tails and wings. (earthlife.net)
  • More people hunt white-tailed deer than any other game species in North Carolina. (ncwildlife.org)
  • A few of the tick species, the adults, really prefer to feed on white tail deer. (cdc.gov)
  • A deer mouse is 4-9 inches long from head to tip of tail. (cdc.gov)
  • The belly is white, with white running down the inside of the legs. (ncwildlife.org)
  • No wild animal in North Carolina is as recognizable as the white-tailed deer. (ncwildlife.org)
  • WBAY) - For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, researchers have found covid-19 spreading in wild animals, specifically white-tail deer. (weau.com)
  • This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title White tail. (wikipedia.org)
  • White-tailed deer can be found in every county in Maryland. (maryland.gov)
  • A small group of white-tail deer, running away from the camera, showing their white tails up in the air. (publicdomainpictures.net)
  • Sheila Brown has released this "White-tail Deer Running Away" image under Public Domain license. (publicdomainpictures.net)
  • Eggs creamy white, blotched with shades of warm brown. (audubon.org)
  • White turkey-tail fungus growing on a fallen tree with brown leaves in the background. (publicdomainpictures.net)
  • Sheila Brown has released this "White Turkey-tail Fungus On Log" image under Public Domain license. (publicdomainpictures.net)
  • Nodular fungal lesion in left lung of a white-tailed deer (arrow head). (cdc.gov)
  • The white-tailed deer's distinctive white tail and white rump patch is readily visible when they bound away from real or perceived danger. (maryland.gov)
  • Their distinctive white undertail lifts and flashes when alarmed, and serves as a danger signal to other deer in the area. (zooamerica.com)