Distribution and Abundance of Fallow Deer Leks at Point Reyes National Seashore, California
By
Gary M. Fellers and Michael Osbourn
Table 3
Vegetation damage at fallow deer lek sites at Point Reyes National Seashore, California.
[The numbers under each study area are the number of leks in each category; the percents are the proportion of leks in that category]
| | Olema Valley | Estero Trailhead | Combined | |
|---|
| Riparian | 17 | 15 percent | 8 | 19 percent | 25 | 16 percent |
| Damaged foliage | 15 | 88 percent | 7 | 88 percent | 22 | 88 percent |
| Damaged bark | 14 | 82 percent | 8 | 100 percent | 22 | 88 percent |
| Exposed roots | 1 | 6 percent | 3 | 38 percent | 4 | 16 percent |
| | | | | | | |
| Non-riparian | 100 | 86 percent | 34 | 79 percent | 134 | 84 percent |
| Damaged foliage | 71 | 71 percent | 8 | 24 percent | 79 | 59 percent |
| Damaged bark | 45 | 45 percent | 6 | 18 percent | 51 | 38 percent |
| Exposed roots | 20 | 20 percent | 6 | 18 percent | 26 | 19 percent |