DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.09.050
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84944936934
论文题名: Winter food and cover refuges of large ungulates in lowland forests of south-western Poland
作者: Bobek B. ; Merta D. ; Furtek J.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2016
卷: 359 起始页码: 247
结束页码: 255
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Forest structure
; Habitat selection index
; Poland
; Refuge areas
; Snow tracks
; Wild ungulates
Scopus关键词: Ecosystems
; Ocean habitats
; Snow
; Forest structure
; Habitat selection
; Poland
; Refuge areas
; Wild ungulates
; Forestry
; age class
; coniferous forest
; deciduous forest
; deer
; digital map
; forest cover
; forest ecosystem
; forest management
; habitat selection
; habitat use
; lowland environment
; mixed forest
; pig
; refuge
; spatiotemporal analysis
; stand structure
; transect
; winter
; Dolnoslaskie
; Dolnoslaskie Forest
; Poland
; Animalia
; Capreolus
; Capreolus capreolus
; Cervus elaphus
; Sus scrofa
; Ungulata
英文摘要: We examined the winter habitat selection of forest types and age classes of tree stands by red deer (Cervus elaphus), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and wild boar (Sus scrofa) and determined potential refuges for these ungulates in the Bory Dolnoślaskie forest, which covers an area of 644km2 in south-western Poland. We determined habitat use from ungulate tracks in the snow in February 2009 and 2010 on line transects (total length=365km) and the numbers of animals that crossed the transects, and their locations related to forest types (n=9), and age classes of tree stands (n=6). Significant preferences by red deer were for hygric mixed coniferous and mesic mixed deciduous forest and young forest plantations, thickets, and tree stands over 60years old. Roe deer preferred mesic mixed coniferous forests, young plantations and tree stands older than 60years. Hygric mixed coniferous and hygric deciduous forests, and thickets and tree stands aged from 61 to 80years were preferred by wild boars. Habitat preferences were associated with higher food reserves, better thermal and hiding covers, and energy requirements of large ungulates. The patches of forest types and age classes of tree stands preferred by large ungulates which overlapped on digital maps were treated as refuges. Refuges (n=19) for red deer occupied 131km2. Roe deer refuges (n=24) covered 54km2, and those of wild boars (n=18) covered 53km2. In the Bory Dolnoślaskie forest, daily activity of large ungulates is disturbed by forest managers practices, hunting and tourism. Determining winter refuges can be used by forest management to do the following: to shift forest management from winter to autumn, to exclude the use of hiking/biking trails and camping sites in the winter season, as well as to design changes in the distribution of drive hunt areas. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65194
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作者单位: Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection, Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Kraków, Podbrzezie 3, Kraków, Poland
Recommended Citation:
Bobek B.,Merta D.,Furtek J.. Winter food and cover refuges of large ungulates in lowland forests of south-western Poland[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2016-01-01,359