DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.07.001
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84945497157
论文题名: Evaluating forest management intensity on an umbrella species: Capercaillie persistence in central Europe
作者: Mikoláš M. ; Svitok M. ; Tejkal M. ; Leitão P.J. ; Morrissey R.C. ; Svoboda M. ; Seedre M. ; Fontaine J.B.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2015
卷: 354 起始页码: 26
结束页码: 34
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Anthropogenic threat
; Capercaillie
; Ecological forestry
; Forest management
; Habitat requirements
; Umbrella species
Scopus关键词: Biodiversity
; Deforestation
; Ecosystems
; Timber
; Anthropogenic threats
; Capercaillie
; Forest management planning
; Forest management practices
; Habitat requirements
; Intensive forest management
; Natural disturbance
; Umbrella Species
; Forestry
; biodiversity
; deforestation
; European Union
; forest management
; gamebird
; habitat fragmentation
; habitat loss
; human activity
; montane forest
; persistence
; population decline
; Central Europe
; Romania
; Tetrao urogallus
英文摘要: Deforestation and fragmentation of forests worldwide are negatively impacting biodiversity. The capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) is an endangered umbrella species of montane forests in central Europe. Despite its status, it has largely been overlooked in forest management planning in the Carpathian Mountains, a biodiversity hotspot within the European Union. Previous investigations of timber management effects on capercaillie have shown contradictory results within Europe; habitat loss and fragmentation due to intensive forest management have been implicated in population declines, while other studies have suggested neutral or positive effects. In Romania, recent changes in forest management have shifted from extensive, selective logging to intensive clearcutting; this change provides the opportunity to assess the effects of harvesting on capercaillie numbers across a full range of forest management intensities, thereby addressing discrepancies in the literature. Across the Southern and Eastern Carpathian mountains from 2009-2011, we used spring counts of capercaillie males at leks to evaluate the impact of forest management, other human activities, and habitat at two spatial scales - stand (~2 ha) and landscape (~300 ha). At the landscape level, the proportion of forest clearcuts and intensity of tourism had significant negative effects on the number of capercaillie males in the lek. In contrast, low intensity selective logging had a positive effect at the local stand (lek) level. Large scale (landscape level) forest clear-cutting had a negative effect on the capercaillie population - areas comprised of clearcuts of 30% reduced male lek counts by 76%. The protection of intact mature and old-growth forests, and forest management practices that emulate natural disturbance processes are recommended to support habitat of this critical umbrella species and associated biodiversity. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65331
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作者单位: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Kamýcká 129, Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic; PRALES, Odtrnovie 563, Rosina, Slovakia; Department of Biology and General Ecology, Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen, Masaryka 24, Zvolen, Slovakia; Eawag Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Centre of Ecology, Evolution and Biogeochemistry, Seestrasse 79, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland; Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic; Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter dem Linden 6, Berlin, Germany; School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
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Mikoláš M.,Svitok M.,Tejkal M.,et al. Evaluating forest management intensity on an umbrella species: Capercaillie persistence in central Europe[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2015-01-01,354