The survey, recently published in the journal Nature, used 62 trail cameras to track the movements of white-tailed deer near Fort McMurray, Alta., over three years. The cameras captured more than 141,000 images, and white-tailed deer appeared in 80 per cent of them. It's like a caribou, white-tailed deer teeter-totter with wolves as the fulcrum. With milder winters expected and more development encroaching into the boreal habitat every year, white-tailed deer territory will only continue to grow, Fisher said. "As long as there is ongoing disturbance in the landscape without restoration, then the white-tailed deer are going to be there."

Source: CBC News July 03, 2020 10:33 UTC