Using deciduous softwoods to protect commercial forest stands against damage by Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber L.)

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F22%3A00558503" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/22:00558503 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/62156489:43410/22:43921599 RIV/61988987:17310/22:A2302HOC

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037811272200322X?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037811272200322X?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120328" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120328</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Using deciduous softwoods to protect commercial forest stands against damage by Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber L.)

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This study focuses on factors that affect tree species selection by Eurasian beavers in commercial and close-to-nature forests, with the aim of identifying practical proposals for protecting target commercial tree species while still maintaining high numbers of beavers. In forests dominated by commercial tree species, the food of beavers mainly comprises oak (Quercus spp.) and ash (Fraxinus spp.). Deciduous softwoods such as willow (Salix spp.), which are rarely subjected to forest management, tend to be preferred by beavers over commercial species. As such, they have the potential to act as a ‘distracting’ species, reducing pressure on those species important in forestry. In this paper, we illustrate specific examples where damage to commercial species has been reduced by softwood presence, and suggest potential parameters for softwood buffer zones, based on those known to affect browsing by beavers, i.e. water distance, tree species composition and tree diameter. Overall, our results suggest that damage to Central European commercial forest stands can be reduced by growing dense softwood stands (min. density 0.3 ha per beaver territory) at a distance of 10–20 m from the water's edge.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Using deciduous softwoods to protect commercial forest stands against damage by Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber L.)

Popis výsledku anglicky

This study focuses on factors that affect tree species selection by Eurasian beavers in commercial and close-to-nature forests, with the aim of identifying practical proposals for protecting target commercial tree species while still maintaining high numbers of beavers. In forests dominated by commercial tree species, the food of beavers mainly comprises oak (Quercus spp.) and ash (Fraxinus spp.). Deciduous softwoods such as willow (Salix spp.), which are rarely subjected to forest management, tend to be preferred by beavers over commercial species. As such, they have the potential to act as a ‘distracting’ species, reducing pressure on those species important in forestry. In this paper, we illustrate specific examples where damage to commercial species has been reduced by softwood presence, and suggest potential parameters for softwood buffer zones, based on those known to affect browsing by beavers, i.e. water distance, tree species composition and tree diameter. Overall, our results suggest that damage to Central European commercial forest stands can be reduced by growing dense softwood stands (min. density 0.3 ha per beaver territory) at a distance of 10–20 m from the water's edge.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10613 - Zoology

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Forest Ecology and Management

ISSN

0378-1127

e-ISSN

1872-7042

Svazek periodika

520

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

SEP

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

120328

Kód UT WoS článku

000832809300002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85131958799