Long-term understory vegetation surveys under fluctuating deer densities from the Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative, Pennsylvania

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US Department of Agriculture, and US Forest Service. Long-term understory vegetation surveys under fluctuating deer densities from the Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative, Pennsylvania. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-05-31. https://doi.org/10.3886/E248754V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title Long-term understory vegetation surveys under fluctuating deer densities from the Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative, Pennsylvania
Summary:  View help for Summary The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC) was established in 2000 to test new approaches to stewardship of white-tailed deer and forest habitat throughout a 30,000-hectare landscape in northwestern Pennsylvania. Within this landscape, a coalition of land-management partners leveraged multiple tools offered by the Pennsylvania Game Commission to court hunters and intensify white-tailed deer harvest within the region. Understory vegetation plant community responses were tracked over a 20-year period to assess any changes in vegetation diversity and dynamics in response to fluctuations in deer herds. Data summarized in this data publication represent vegetation surveys across a 18-year period (2003, 2011, 2016, and 2021) tracking i) changes in richness and abundance of the entire understory vascular plant community; ii) changes in stem densities of woody regeneration; and iii) changes in abundance, size, and population structure of three liliaceous plants known to be sensitive to deer impact: Trillium spp., Maianthemum canadense, and Medeola virginiana.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/catalog/RDS-2025-0037

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Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms biota; environment; Ecology; Ecosystems; Environment; Plant ecology; Inventory; Monitoring; Analysis; Botany; Wildlife (or Fauna); Mammals; browsing; deciduous forest; herbaceous species; Odocoileus virginianus; understory; white-tailed deer; regeneration; Pennsylvania; McKean County
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage New York (state), Pennsylvania
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes DOI: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2025-0037 Authors: Royo, Alejandro A. ; Slaughter, Mariah ; Bahn, Volker Publication year: 2025 (Downloaded 2026-05-30)


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