White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn survival and the influence of landscape characteristics on fawn predation risk in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, USA

• Adam C. Edge ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: adam.edge665@gmail.com

  Affiliation Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9833-8805

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• Jacalyn P. Rosenberger,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, Marion, Virginia, United States of America

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• Cheyenne J. Yates,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Andrew R. Little,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

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• Charlie H. Killmaster,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wildlife Resource Division, Game Management Section, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle, Georgia, United States of America

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• Kristina L. Johannsen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wildlife Resource Division, Game Management Section, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle, Georgia, United States of America

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• David A. Osborn,

  Roles Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• John C. Kilgo,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, New Ellenton, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Karl V. Miller,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Gino J. D’Angelo

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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