Table 1.
Hypotheses about the distribution of fawning white‐tailed deer across the boreal forest study area
| Description | Model # | Hypothesis: White‐tailed deer distribution is explained by % cover (within a buffer around camera sites) of: |
|---|---|---|
| Global model | 1 | All variables |
| Natural landcover | 2 | Upland deciduous cover |
| 3 | All mixedwood cover | |
| 4 | All conifer cover | |
| 5 | Upland spruce | |
| 6 | All deciduous + shrubs | |
| 7 | Wetland | |
| 8 | Upland forest | |
| 9 | Lowland forest | |
| Nonforest | 10 | Early seral |
| Forestry | 11 | Cutblocks |
| Petroleum | 12 | Well sites |
| 13 | 3D seismic lines—narrow, high‐density lines in hashtags | |
| 14 | Seismic lines—wider, single strips | |
| 15 | Pipelines | |
| 16 | 3D seismic lines + seismic lines + pipelines | |
| 17 | Well sites + industrial block features + nonforest | |
| Petroleum + Forestry | 18 | Well sites + industrial block features + nonforest _ cutblocks |
| Access | 19 | Roads |
| 20 | Trails | |
| 21 | Roads + trails | |
| All anthropogenic | 22 | Models 16 + 18 + 22 |
| Natural + forestry | 23 | Upland deciduous + cutblocks |
| 24 | Shrubs + cutblocks | |
| 25 | Nonforest + cutblocks | |
| Natural + petroleum | 26 | Upland deciduous + 3D seismic |
| 27 | Upland deciduous + Seismic lines | |
| 28 | Upland deciduous + Model 22 | |
| 29 | Upland deciduous + 16 + 17 | |
| Natural + access | 30 | Upland deciduous + roads + trails |
| Post hoc stepAIC model | 31 | Variables selected by stepwise regression |