Researchers found that sites with the highest abundance of the native animals had the lowest shrub layer vegetation cover and a lower number of birds.
It is described as the first study of its kind in the UK to examine the possible impact of just one species of deer on the natural environment.
Details were presented at the British Ecological Society's annual meeting.
A team from Durham University and the Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) carried out the study to investigate:
roe deer density and the structure and diversity of vegetation in British woodlands,
abundance and diversity of plants and birds in British woodlands.
"I collected data on vegetation cover, diversity and abundance at 35 woodland field sites across England during May and June 2011 and 2012," explained co-author Georgina Palmer from Durham University.
"Each of these field sites are part of the Breeding Bird Survey scheme, so - along with the vegetation data I collected - I also had access to long-running bird and deer abundance data.".....
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