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Spatial And Temporal Relationships Between Deer Harvest And Deer-Vehicle Collisions At Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee, Amanda Marie Pierce
Spatial And Temporal Relationships Between Deer Harvest And Deer-Vehicle Collisions At Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee, Amanda Marie Pierce
Masters Theses
The Department of Energy Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) and the nearby adjoining City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee had experienced a rise in deer-vehicle collisions (DVCs) to the point where safety for employees and residents became a concern. I investigated the effect of hunting, land cover, road mileage, season, lunar phase, sex, and change in traffic patterns that coincide with work shifts on DVCs from 1975 - 2008. The study area was divided into grids of 1.5 km² each for administration and data recording by managing agencies. Statistical analyses were performed on the ORR (121 grids) and GIS analyses were performed …