Clone-dependent browsing damage of poplar plantations and the repellent potential of Populus nigra × P. maximowiczii Max-4

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67985939:_____/21:00544281

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118888" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118888</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118888" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118888</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Clone-dependent browsing damage of poplar plantations and the repellent potential of Populus nigra × P. maximowiczii Max-4

Original language description

Browsing of poplar clones by wild ungulates is a widespread problem in short rotation coppice (SRC) plantations in Central Europe. We investigated the influence of poplar genotype on ungulate browsing intensity, identified the most browsing-resistant poplar clone and explored its repellent potential. Inspection of 11 poplar clones at 7 unfenced SRC plantations in the Czech Republic revealed the most avoided poplar clone by wildlife was Populus nigra × P. maximowiczii ʻMax-4’. Namely P. maximowiczii contributed to the repellent effect of ʻMax-4’ according to the analysis of impacts of individual parental poplar species on the browsing intensity of their hybrid progeny. In contrast, P. deltoides increased attractiveness of its hybrid progeny for browsing ungulates. Poplar browsing and bark stripping/fraying were not correlated. A subsequent feeding experiment with twigs of two poplar clones that had shown contrasting attractiveness for browsing in the field (intensively browsed P. × euroamericana AF24’ vs. avoided P. nigra × P. maximowiczii ʻMax-4’) demonstrated that red deer hinds (Cervus elaphus L.) bred on an experimental farm preferred ʻAF24’ over ʻMax-4’. There was no difference between consumption of fresh and wilted twigs of ʻMax-4’ suggesting the repellent compounds are stable over time. To uncover the chemical nature of repellent compounds, red deer hinds at the farm were offered grain fodder supplemented with polar and non-polar extracts of ʻMax-4’ shoots, commercial repellent (Stop Z) or empty carrier (controls). Non-polar extract of ʻMax-4’ produced transient feeding avoidance suggesting its potential as a game repellent, though optimisation of the extraction procedure and dosage is necessary.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20402 - Chemical process engineering

Project

<a href="/en/project/TE01020080" target="_blank" >TE01020080: Biorefinery Research Centre of Competence</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

Name of the periodical

Forest Ecology and Management

ISSN

0378-1127

e-ISSN

1872-7042

Volume of the periodical

483

Issue of the periodical within the volume

MAR 1

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

118888

UT code for WoS article

000617947300003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85099437285