Young Penn State researcher immersed in Pennsylvania deer study
Andrew Norton, a graduate student in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, will embark on a two-year study to estimate harvest and survival rates of hundreds of white-tailed deer that Penn State and the Pennsylvania Game Commission captured and fitted with radio collars in several counties. The project will look at what factors -- such as road networks and forest cover -- affect the chances of a deer getting harvested. Results could be used to "test some of the assumptions deer managers make to see whether they are legitimate by comparing them to field observations," Norton explained. (more)