Deer House (IMAGE)

Penn State

Deer House

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It turns out that Duane Diefenbach's observations of white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania are identical to what wildlife researchers around the world have seen with other species. On average, mammals move distances two to three times shorter in human-modified landscapes than they do in the wild.

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Pennsylvania Game Commission

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