The influence of forestry management on the selection of a non-vegetative diet by the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber L.)

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00020702:_____/22:N0000088 RIV/62156489:43410/22:43922203 RIV/61988987:17310/22:A2302HOG

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/21/2949" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/21/2949</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12212949" target="_blank" >10.3390/ani12212949</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The influence of forestry management on the selection of a non-vegetative diet by the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber L.)

Original language description

Native ecosystems have been transformed by humans into cultural landscapes, resulting in the disruption of natural interactions, with some species unable to adapt and disappearing from such landscapes. Other species were able to adapt their behavior to current environmental conditions. In some places, forest management has gradually transformed native diversified forests into stands converted for the greatest profit in the wood matter, thereby affecting the food availability for herbivores, among them the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758). This study summarizes knowledge on non-vegetation diet selection by beavers in commercial and natural forests in the Czech Republic. A sample size of 25,723 woody plant specimens checked in 288 forest stands showed that beavers prefer willow, poplar, or hazel, but where these are less available, commercial tree species such as oak may dominate the diet and cause economic losses in forestry. Significant differences were also observed in a preference for different trunk diameters and distances from water in different types of stands. In terms of stand types, commercial monocultures are the most felled, while the probability of felling decreases with the age of stands. Based on these results and discussion, it is suggested that commercial forest stands including economically valuable woody plant species (e.g., oak, ash) could be protected through appropriate management measures, such as increasing the proportion of deciduous softwood stands along the riverbanks, which would distract the beavers from commercial woody plant species.

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

10613 - Zoology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Animals

ISSN

2076-2615

e-ISSN

2076-2615

Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

21

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

2949

UT code for WoS article

000884108800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85141769358