The Wytham Deer Project
 Why is this project important?
Wytham Woods are surrounded by a deer fence, which effectively eliminates immigration, and emigration, by the two larger deer species, Fallow and Roe. Theirs therefore constitute 'closed' populations. In 1998, it was decided that the increasing density of deer in Wytham was detrimental, not only to their habitat, but to the deer themselves. Necessary management action between 1998 and 2004 reduced deer numbers four-fold; the greatest reductions took place in the Fallow and Muntjac populations. These circumstances provided us with two unique research opportunities.
http://www.wildcru.org/research/pests/deer.htm |
