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Table 2. Percentage of habitat in actual and randomly available home ranges of 

 radio-collared does in Knott and Breathitt counties, 1985. a 





Resident (N = 6) 



Relocated (N = 8) 



Habitat category 



Actual 



Randomly 

 available 



Actual 



Randomly 

 available 



1. Landform 











Bottomland 



10.1 (1.2) b 



5.6(1.5) 



13.4(3.1) 



12.0(2.4) 



Sideslope 



78.2 (1.3) c 



79.2(1.1) 



71.9(1.9) 



72.0(2.1) 



Ridgetop 



11.1 (1.8) 



15.0(1.3) 



13.7(2.4) 



13.1 (3.6) 



2. Land use 











Agriculture 



1.2(0.8) 



0.4 (0.2) 



0.0 (0.4) 



0.0 (0.0) 



Human-altered 



0.8 (0.5) 



0.4 (0.2) 



3.1(1.0) 



3.7(1.3) 



Natural vegetation 



95.3 (I.6) c 



94.0(1.9) 



87.7 (3.0) 



89.3 (2.9) 



Young forest 



3.0(1.6) 



5.2(1.7) 



3.1 (0.6) b 



0.9 (0.3) 



3. Slope gradient 











Slope 0-20% 



17.0(3.2) 



20.2(1.5) 



20.0(1.5) 



20.3 (3.4) 



Slope 20-35% 



4.8 (2.4) 



2.0(1.0) 



8.0(2.1) 



5.8(1.9) 



Slope 35-50% 



78.0 (l.l) c 



79.2(1.1) 



72.0(1.2) 



71.1 (1.9) 



Slope >50% 



0.2 (0.9) 



0.0 (0.0) 



0.0 (0.0) 



1.2(0.4) 



4. Vegetation 











Deciduous forest 



96.1 (1.6) c 



95.2(1.4) 



87.5 (3.0) 



88.1 (2.1) 



Disturbed sites 



3.6(1.5) c 



4.8(1.4) 



8.7 (2.2) 



11.0(2.8) 



Wetland 



0.0 (0.0) 



0.0 (0.0) 



0.7 (0.7) 



0.0 (0.0) 



a Standard errors indicated parenthetically. 



b Variables significantly different between actual and randomly available home 



ranges (P< 0.05). 

 c Variables significantly different between home ranges of resident and relocated 



does (P< 0.05). 



Home Range. Home ranges were not defined for all radio-collared 

 does because some did not provide a sufficient number of locations (as a 

 result of death, radio failure, or large dispersal) and because some does 

 apparently did not establish a home range during the study. Eight 

 relocated and six resident does established defined home ranges. Resident 

 does averaged 23 (SE = 3.1) locations per defined home range and 

 relocated does averaged 29 (SE = 7.4). Mooty et al. (1987) felt that 30 

 locations were sufficient to construct modified minimum-area home 

 ranges for white-tailed deer in Minnesota. Sizes of home ranges for 

 resident (x = 642 ha, SE - 132) and relocated (x = 668 ha, SE = 79) does 

 were not significantly different (P > 0.05). These home ranges were 

 large in comparison with others reported for white-tailed deer in the 

 Southeast: 267 ha (Bridges 1968) and 80 ha (Byford 1970) in the East 



