Great Plains White Tailed Deer
By Addie Blancarte
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Important "Points" About Me
My species, Odocoileus virginianus, is one of the smallest deer families in North America. I am not a dangerous creature by any means and really enjoy frolicking in fields with my young and mate. I am one of the many herbivores that reside in the Great Plains. My diet of choice includes: grass, leaves, stems, berries, herbs, acorns, mushrooms, and agricultures crops not specific to corn and beans. The majority of my favorite foods are either storage or structural polysaccharides. My diet is not typically high in cholesterol or lipids (fats).
In regards to where I fall on a food chain, I am a primary consumer and eat the vegetation (producers) around me. The main threat to me are coyotes, who are the secondary consumers (carnivores). Whenever they die off, the decomposers, or bacteria, will break down the organic material into an energy source for the producers.
Murray, Jesse. "White Tailed Deer." SlideShare. N.p., 10 May 2010. Web. 3 May
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Interactions
White Tail Deer." Deer Trail. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 May 2016.
<http://www.deertrail.us/minnesotawildlife/minnesotawildlife/
whitetaildeer.html>.
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Day in the Life
My Appearance
"White-Tailed Deer." ESF. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 May 2016. <http://www.esf.edu/aec/
adks/mammals/wtd.htm>.
"White-Tailed Deer." University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. N.p., n.d. Web. 3
May 2016. <https://www.uwsp.edu/wildlife/Ungulates/Pages/
White-tailed%20Deer/White-tailed-Deer-Home.aspx>.
Factors that Impact My Life
"Estimating Deer Populations on Your Property: Population Dynamics."
University of Missouri: Extension. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 May 2016.
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1eeIn_IsOboDYXY_3oxxNOW9tcxqyuusuEuDEHOzQr-I/edit?usp=sharing>.
"White-Tailed Deer." Prezi. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 May 2016. <https://prezi.com/
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My Favorite Foods
Our diet changes a little during the summer months. We tend to eat more aquatic plants, fungi, and fruit opposed to the winter months where we eat acorns (when visable), dried leaves and grasses. When one of my kind is fully grown, we can eat around 5-7 pounds of food a day, which is more than the average human! Energy demands depend on the season and are the highest for pregnant and lactating females, for males in the autumn, and for all individuals during severe winter weather.
"White-Tailed Deer." ESF. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 May 2016. <http://www.esf.edu/aec/
adks/mammals/wtd.htm>.
Flathead River Valley, British Columbia, Canada.. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 9 May 2016.