Modeling forage potential for red deer (Cervus elaphus): a tree-level approach

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F20%3A84960" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/20:84960 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.springer.com/journal/10342" target="_blank" >https://www.springer.com/journal/10342</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10342-019-01250-x" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10342-019-01250-x</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Modeling forage potential for red deer (Cervus elaphus): a tree-level approach
Original language description
Red deer (Cervus elaphus) are mixed feeders that consume both herbaceous and woody plants. As a consequence, intensive browsing on trees where red deer populations are particularly dense often leads to serious conflicts between the interests of forestry and hunting stakeholders. Therefore, understanding the density of deer that forest system can bear requires the ability to measure amount of potential forage provided by non-commercial tree species within a stand that serve as forage. Our objective was to build models that estimate forage potential (i.e., maximum biomass edible and accessible for consumption by red deer per tree) based on tree size i.e., stem base diameter (d(0)). We developed models for three tree species commonly consumed by red deer in Central Europe, aspen (Populus tremula), goat willow (Salix caprea) and rowan (Sorbus aucuparia). To construct models of forage potential, we harvested 380 young (age of 2-15 years) trees on 14 sites in the Western Carpathians of Slovakia. Tree bioma
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40102 - Forestry

Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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