Pennsylvania Project
Fawn survival and predator abundance in Pennsylvania
May 2015 - June 2020
Personnel
Participating Agencies
- Pennsylvania Game Commission
Predation is the primary cause of white-tailed deer fawn mortality and is of concern to the hunting public. In this study we monitored survival and cause-specific mortality of fawns and the distribution and abundance of predators (black bear, coyote, and bobcat). The project was funded by the Pennsylvania Game Commission and conducted in collaboration with the USGS Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Murphy, A. M., D. R. Diefenbach, M. Ternent, M. Lovallo, D. Miller. 2021. Threading the needle: How humans influence predator-prey spatiotemporal interactions in a multiple-predator system. Journal of Animal Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13548 | Download | January 2021 |
| Gingery, T. M., D. R. Diefenbach, C. E. Pritchard, D. C. Ensminger, B. D. Wallingford, and C. S. Rosenberry. 2020. Survival is negatively associated with glucocorticoids in a wild ungulate neonate. Integrative Zoology 16:214-225. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12499 | Download | November 2020 |
| Gingery, T. M., D. R. Diefenbach, B. D. Wallingford, and C. S. Rosenberry. 2018. Landscape-level patterns in fawn survival across North America. 82:1003-1013 DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21456. | Download | June 2018 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Gingery, T.M., and Diefenbach, D.R. 2022. Fawn Survival Patterns: looking beyond predators.7-11 November 2022, The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Spokane, WA. | November 2022 |
| Theses and Dissertations | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Murphy, A. M. 2021. Examining how spatial-temporal interactions between predators influence the distribution, vigilance, and survival of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns. Ph.D. dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. | May 2021 |
| Gingery, T. M. 2018. Spatial and Temporal patterns in white-tailed deer fawn survival and cause-specific mortality. Thesis, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. | May 2018 |