Bark gnawing of forest trees by voles during the growing season

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43210%2F21%3A43920160" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43210/21:43920160 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-021-01410-y" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-021-01410-y</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10342-021-01410-y" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10342-021-01410-y</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Bark gnawing of forest trees by voles during the growing season
Original language description
This study investigated the impact of small rodents on young trees during three growing seasons (2018-2020) in the Czech Republic. Tree damage by small rodents, the quantity and quality of herbaceous plant biomass and the species composition of small mammals were monitored at two sites in European beech forest plantations. The number of trees damaged during three growing seasons correlated positively with fibre content and negatively with nitrogen content in herbaceous plant biomass. The importance of winter precipitation is reflected in the positive correlation with nitrogen content in herbaceous plant biomass. The observed tree-gnawing damage correlated positively with the abundance of one rodent species only-the bank vole. The highest damage occurred after the concurrence of a dry winter and a higher number of voles. Given current climate variability, this situation could become more common in the future. Gnawing may be a limiting factor for the successful restoration of trees with thin bark-in our case, European beech. In addition, the proportion of this woody species should be increased to achieve a more stable and closer composition in the Czech Republic.
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
10618 - Ecology

Project
<a href="/en/project/QK1820091" target="_blank" >QK1820091: Forest management in Areas Affected by long Term Drought</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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