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  <dc:contributor>Jonathan A. Jenks</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Robert W. Klaver</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Kevin L. Monteith</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Dwight H. Galster</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Ron J. Schauer</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Wilbert W. Morlock</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Joshua A. Delger</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Troy W. Grovenburg</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2008</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;White-tailed deer (&lt;i&gt;Odocoileus virginianus&lt;/i&gt;) mortalities (n = 4,433) caused by collisions with automobiles during 2003 were modeled in 35 counties in eastern South Dakota. Seventeen independent variables and 5 independent variable interactions were evaluated to explain deer mortalities. A negative binomial regression model (Ln Y = 1.25 &amp;ndash; 0.12 [percentage tree coverage] + 0.0002 [county area] + 5.39 [county hunter success rate] + 0.0023 [vehicle proxy 96&amp;ndash;104 km/hr roads], model deviance = 33.43, &amp;chi;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; = 27.53, df = 27) was chosen using a combination of a priori model selection and AICc. Management options include use of the model to predict road mortalities and to increase the number of hunting licenses, which could result in fewer DVCs.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Jack H. Berryman Institute</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Factors affecting road mortality of white-tailed deer in eastern South Dakota</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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