SITE-TENACITY IN ROE DEER - SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF LOGGING

The short-term effects on 10 radio-collared roe deer (Capreolus capreo lus) of logging to clear fallen timber from an isolated 16-ha woodlot were compared to that of 12 radio-collared control animals. One of the family groups left the woodlot during the disturbance but returned im mediately afterwards. All other animals remained, at least partly, wit hin the woodlot. Post-disturbance home ranges had a mean of 57.3% (SE = 10.9) overlap with pre-disturbance home ranges. This did not differ from the change in home range among control animals (P = 0.51). Post-l ogging home ranges of disturbed animals were not larger than those of control animals (P = 0.26). Disturbance and resulting habitat change f rom logging in the woodlot had a minimal short-term effect on habitat use of the roe deer.