Great Basin Naturalist
Article Title
Abstract
In this study, mule deer population trend data (deer-days-use/hectare) were statistically analyzed with range area data that were extracted from LANDSAT satellite imagery. The remote sensing techniques developed use multidate, winter images of an area in central Utah. Snow-covered areas and vegetational areas mapped from the imagery were composited into 26 maps representing the approximate winter range available to mule deer on 26 dates over a five-year period (1972–1977). Utah State Division of Wildlife Resources pellet-group transect data were statistically analyzed with range data measured from the satellite imagery. Range area accounted for a fairly large proportion of the variation in deer-days-use/hectare (r = −.83). This result seems reasonable since deer population density should increase as available range decreases.
Recommended Citation
Wyckoff, John W.
(1981)
"Evaluating the relationship between mule deer pellet-group data and available winter range, using LANDSAT imagery,"
Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 41:
No.
2, Article 8.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol41/iss2/8