My
current
research
focuses
on
the
response
of
breeding
bird
communities
during
a
period
of
adaptive
white-tailed
deer
management
following
a
prolonged
period
of
overabundance
at
Long
Point,
in
Norfolk
County,
Ontario,
Canada.
The
long-term
dataset
I
am
evaluating
was
initiated
in
1991
at
Long
Point
following
a
large
reduction
in
the
local
white-tailed
deer
population
in
an
effort
to
monitor
community
responses
over
the
next
several
decades.
It
is
well-known
that
overabundant
white-tailed
deer
populations
in
North
America
have
drastic
and
often
negative
impacts
on
the
ecosystems
they
reside
in,
yet
fewer
studies
have
evaluated
the
recovery
of
ecological
communities,
especially
a
breeding
bird
community,
after
a
period
of
deer
overabundance.
It
is
the
goal
of
my
research
to
assess
and
evaluate
the
spatial
and
community
responses
of
the
breeding
bird
community
at
Long
Point
to
better
understand
the
complex
trophic
interactions
that
may
be
critical
for
current
and
future
conservation
efforts
in
the
Long
Point
area.
