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Across most of North America, white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) populations are increasingly overabundant and the widespread impacts of their herbivory are having important ecological and economic repercussions. The cascading consequences of white-tailed deer overabun…

White-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) are hyperabundant in parts of Thousand Islands National Park because of their ecological impact on its forests. To manage the high number of deer on Hill Island, an annual population reduction occurs in the park. This study is intende…

Large carnivores are re-colonizing their historical range globally, following decades of systematic eradication. The subsequent expansion of large carnivore populations is creating complex predator-prey interactions by trophically upgrading previously simpler food webs. Overlap …