Does Slow Tree Growth Reduce Browsing Risk by Moose?
Genotypic or phenotypic factors affect the growth of trees which can change the palatability of plants to herbivores. In a self-regenerating clear-cut forest stand in eastern Finland, we compared the growth of four boreal deciduous tree species that were browsed by moose with those which had been le...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.669.9377 2023-05-15T13:13:13+02:00 Does Slow Tree Growth Reduce Browsing Risk by Moose? Den Herder Michael L T Ahv Anainen Jorma Niemela Pekka The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.669.9377 http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/22201/1/9%281%29_P9-15.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.669.9377 http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/22201/1/9%281%29_P9-15.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/22201/1/9%281%29_P9-15.pdf Alces alces annual increment boreal forest deciduous trees selective feeding text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T17:16:42Z Genotypic or phenotypic factors affect the growth of trees which can change the palatability of plants to herbivores. In a self-regenerating clear-cut forest stand in eastern Finland, we compared the growth of four boreal deciduous tree species that were browsed by moose with those which had been left unbrowsed. Diameter growth of young sapling trees of Betula pendula, Populus tremula, Salix caprea and Sorbus aucuparia was studied based on the width of the annual growth rings. Moderately browsed B. pendula showed higher radial growth than unbrowsed trees. Heavily browsed S. aucuparia and S. caprea initially had higher radial growth than unbrowsed trees although the radial growth increment decreased after consecutive years of repeated browsing. Moose browsing resulted in reduced height and stunted growth of the studied tree species. The results suggest that moose selects fast growing individuals and trees characterised by slow growth may have a higher probability of remaining unbrowsed. Text Alces alces Unknown |
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Genotypic or phenotypic factors affect the growth of trees which can change the palatability of plants to herbivores. In a self-regenerating clear-cut forest stand in eastern Finland, we compared the growth of four boreal deciduous tree species that were browsed by moose with those which had been left unbrowsed. Diameter growth of young sapling trees of Betula pendula, Populus tremula, Salix caprea and Sorbus aucuparia was studied based on the width of the annual growth rings. Moderately browsed B. pendula showed higher radial growth than unbrowsed trees. Heavily browsed S. aucuparia and S. caprea initially had higher radial growth than unbrowsed trees although the radial growth increment decreased after consecutive years of repeated browsing. Moose browsing resulted in reduced height and stunted growth of the studied tree species. The results suggest that moose selects fast growing individuals and trees characterised by slow growth may have a higher probability of remaining unbrowsed. |
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