DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.05.042
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84973354142
论文题名: Midstory removal reduces effectiveness of oak (Quercus) acorn dispersal by small mammals in the Central Hardwood Forest region
作者: Kellner K.F. ; Lichti N.I. ; Swihart R.K.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2016
卷: 375 起始页码: 182
结束页码: 190
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Central Hardwood Forest
; Oak
; Seed dispersal
; Seed predation
; Shelterwood harvest
; Small mammals
Scopus关键词: Forestry
; Hardwoods
; Harvesting
; Reforestation
; Hardwood forests
; Seed dispersal
; Seed predation
; Shelterwood harvests
; Small mammals
; Mammals
; bioaccumulation
; coarse woody debris
; deciduous forest
; dominance
; forest management
; granivory
; habitat structure
; mutualism
; plantation forestry
; predator
; rodent
; seasonality
; seed dispersal
; seed predation
; seedling
; shelter
; timber harvesting
; trophic interaction
; understory
; Indiana
; United States
; Animalia
; Mammalia
; Peromyscus leucopus
; Quercus
; Quercus alba
; Quercus velutina
; Sciurus carolinensis
; Tamias striatus
英文摘要: Timber harvests that aim to promote oak (Quercus) regeneration may have indirect impacts on seedling recruitment by altering trophic interactions between oak and animals. For example, changes in habitat structure following harvest may alter the conditionally mutualistic relationship between oak and small mammal granivores like the gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) and white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) that act both as acorn predators and as dispersers. Over 4 years (2010-2013), we tracked the fate of a total of 8000 tagged acorns placed beneath black (Quercus velutina) and white oaks (Quercus alba) at 5 control (unharvested) sites and 5 sites where the midstory was removed as part of a three-phase shelterwood harvest in an oak-dominated forest in southern Indiana, USA. We found that acorns in harvested sites were more likely to be taken by granivores and were less likely to survive the winter, resulting in an overall 67% reduction in seed dispersal effectiveness (SDE). Harvested sites had more vegetative cover and coarse woody debris in the understory, providing increased cover from aerial predators and potentially facilitating greater acorn removal and a higher probability of cache recovery. Reduced seed dispersal effectiveness following midstory removal has potential to slow accumulation of oak regeneration prior to overstory removal and therefore to reduce the effectiveness of shelterwood treatments in promoting future oak dominance in harvested stands. Augmentation of shelterwoods with prescribed fire or other treatments to reduce understory density may counter this effect. © 2016 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/64832
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作者单位: Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, 715 W State St., West Lafayette, IN, United States
Recommended Citation:
Kellner K.F.,Lichti N.I.,Swihart R.K.. Midstory removal reduces effectiveness of oak (Quercus) acorn dispersal by small mammals in the Central Hardwood Forest region[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2016-01-01,375