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
Non-forest 10 Early seral
Forestry 11 Cutblocks
Petroleum 12 Well sites
13 3D seismic
14 Seismic lines
15 Pipelines
16 Linear features
17 Block features
Petroleum + Forestry 18 Block features incl. cutblocks
Access 19 Roads
20 Trails
21 Roads and trails
All anthropogenic 22 All anthropogenic features
Natural + forestry 23 Upland deciduous and cutblocks
24 Shrubs and cutblocks
25 Openings and cutblocks
Natural + petroleum 26 Upland deciduous and 3D seismic
27 Upland deciduous and Seismic lines
28 Upland deciduous and all anthropogenic
29 Upland deciduous and all petroleum
Natural + access 30 Upland deciduous and roads and trails
Post-hoc step-AIC model 31 Variables selected by stepwise regression