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Fig. 2.3 Population changes from 1982 to 2000 ( line ) and habitat nutritional carrying capacity
(NCC) estimates and modified estimates for 1984, 1988, 1991, 1999 and 2002
Table 2.2 Pearson
correlations between habitat
capacity estimates and deer
population estimates across
all years
Model
Pearson's r
P > r
NCC
0.72
0.16
NCC-Rd
0.62
0.26
NCC-FC
0.45
0.43
Combined
0.41
0.49
Table 2.3 Estimated supportable deer density (Deer/km 2 ) and 90% confidence limits (CL) under
forage only (NCC), forage reduced by road effects (NCC_Rd), forage reduced by cover effects
(NCC_FC) and a combined model of forage and roads
Year NCC CL
NCC_Rd CL
NCC_FC CL
Combined CL
1984
7.3
2.7-14.5
4.3
1.8-8.2
3.7
1.4-7.3
2.2
0.9-4.1
1988
20.9
4.2-43.9
9.9
1.5-25.4
7.3
0.6-17.9
4.0
0.2-14.3
1991
23.2
5.3-50.9
12.8
3.2-27.7
11.9
1.6-24.8
6.9
1.6-12.9
1996
7.9
3.9-16.0
4.5
2.2-10.5
3.9
1.9-8.0
2.3
1.1-5.2
1999
7.1
3.1-16.2
3.9
1.7-8.5
3.5
1.5-8.4
1.9
0.8-4.3
2002
6.6
1.8-11.2
3.9
2.2-7.6
3.1
0.7-5.5
1.3
0.2-2.9
 
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