Understanding White-Tailed Deer Range Expansion in the Columbia Mountains

The intern plans to better understand where, why, and to what degree white-tailed deer are expanding in the Columbia Mountains with the warming climate. She hopes to use trail camera data from Biodiversity Pathways Ltd. to estimate the number of deer observed in various habitats over time, and to link those patterns with other species, such as predators and competing herbivores, within that space. She also hopes to investigate the how the habitat, climate, and other species interact with white-tailed deer fawn recruitment. She would use the results to map out where white-tailed deer are and where we can expect them to be in the future. The partner organization would benefit from the intern’s enthusiasm for better understanding white-tailed deer populations in Southern Mountain Caribou ranges and from her work experiences with predator-prey research, working with diverse groups of people and deploying hundreds of trail cameras across the United States.

Faculty Supervisor:

Tal Avgar

Student:

Partner:

Biodiversity Pathways

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Forestry; Natural Resources

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program: