Couse white-tailed deer and desert cottontail in the southwestern oak savannas: Their presence before and after burning events

Peter F. Ffolliott; Hui Chen; Gerald J. Gottfried; Cody L. Stropki

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Couse white-tailed deer and desert cottontail in the southwestern oak savannas: Their presence before and after burning events

Formally Refereed

Authors:

Peter F. Ffolliott, Hui Chen, Gerald J. Gottfried, Cody L. Stropki

Year:

2012

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science. 44(1): 1-5.

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Abstract

Coues white-tallied deer (Odocoileus virginianus couesi) and desert cottontail (Sylvilagus auduboni), also known as Audubon cottontail, are inhabits of oak savannas in the Southwestern Borderlands region. Food, cover, and scattered water for these two species are found in this comparatively open ecosystem. The results of a study on the presence (occurrence) of Coues white-tailed deer and desert cottontail in unburned the oak savannas of the Southwestern Borderlands Region are presented in this paper. Effects of cool-season and warm-season prescribed burning and a wildfire on the presence of these two species are also reported.

Keywords

Coues white-tallied deer, Odocoileus virginianus couesi

Citation

Ffolliott, Peter F.; Chen, Hui; Gottfried, Gerald J.; Stropki, Cody L. 2012. Couse white-tailed deer and desert cottontail in the southwestern oak savannas: Their presence before and after burning events. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science. 44(1): 1-5.