Lack of Cascading Effects of Eurasian Lynx Predation on Roe Deer to Soil and Plant Nutrients
This study examines the extent to which above-ground trophic processes such as large carnivore predation on wild ungulates can cause cascading effects through the provision of carrion resources to below-ground ecosystem processes in the boreal forest of southeastern Norway. We measured the levels of...
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fthsinnlandet:oai:brage.inn.no:11250/3016185 2024-03-03T08:49:28+00:00 Lack of Cascading Effects of Eurasian Lynx Predation on Roe Deer to Soil and Plant Nutrients Teurlings, Ivonne Melis, Claudia Skarpe, Christina Linnell, John Durrus 2020 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3016185 https://doi.org/10.3390/d12090352 eng eng urn:issn:1424-2818 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3016185 https://doi.org/10.3390/d12090352 cristin:1829889 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no 12 Diversity 9 Capreolus capreolus carrion decomposition Lynx lynx nitrogen nutrient recycling trophic cascade VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400 Peer reviewed Journal article 2020 fthsinnlandet https://doi.org/10.3390/d12090352 2024-02-02T12:42:07Z This study examines the extent to which above-ground trophic processes such as large carnivore predation on wild ungulates can cause cascading effects through the provision of carrion resources to below-ground ecosystem processes in the boreal forest of southeastern Norway. We measured the levels of 10 parameters in soil samples and 7 parameters in vegetation (wavy hair-grass, Avenella flexuosa, and bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus) at 0, 0.5 and 2 m distance from 18 roe deer (Capreolus caprelous) carcasses killed by Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx). We then compared these values to two control sites 20 m away from each carcass. Sampling was conducted 20–29 months after death. Neither soil nor vegetation samples showed a clear gradient in parameters (CN, NH4 +, NO3 −, P, PO4 −, Ca, K, Mg and Na) from the center of a carcass towards the periphery. Similarly, there was no difference in the effect on soil and vegetation between winter- and summer-killed carcasses. Our results contrast with that of other studies that simulate the effect of predation with whole carcasses and which often exclude scavengers through fencing. The lack of detectable effects after about two years is likely due to the small size of roe deer carcasses and the fact that most tissues are consumed by the predator and scavengers before decomposition. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Lynx Lynx lynx lynx Høgskolen i Innlandet: Brage INN Norway Diversity 12 9 352 |
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Capreolus capreolus carrion decomposition Lynx lynx nitrogen nutrient recycling trophic cascade VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400 Teurlings, Ivonne Melis, Claudia Skarpe, Christina Linnell, John Durrus Lack of Cascading Effects of Eurasian Lynx Predation on Roe Deer to Soil and Plant Nutrients |
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This study examines the extent to which above-ground trophic processes such as large carnivore predation on wild ungulates can cause cascading effects through the provision of carrion resources to below-ground ecosystem processes in the boreal forest of southeastern Norway. We measured the levels of 10 parameters in soil samples and 7 parameters in vegetation (wavy hair-grass, Avenella flexuosa, and bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus) at 0, 0.5 and 2 m distance from 18 roe deer (Capreolus caprelous) carcasses killed by Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx). We then compared these values to two control sites 20 m away from each carcass. Sampling was conducted 20–29 months after death. Neither soil nor vegetation samples showed a clear gradient in parameters (CN, NH4 +, NO3 −, P, PO4 −, Ca, K, Mg and Na) from the center of a carcass towards the periphery. Similarly, there was no difference in the effect on soil and vegetation between winter- and summer-killed carcasses. Our results contrast with that of other studies that simulate the effect of predation with whole carcasses and which often exclude scavengers through fencing. The lack of detectable effects after about two years is likely due to the small size of roe deer carcasses and the fact that most tissues are consumed by the predator and scavengers before decomposition. publishedVersion |
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Teurlings, Ivonne Melis, Claudia Skarpe, Christina Linnell, John Durrus |
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Teurlings, Ivonne Melis, Claudia Skarpe, Christina Linnell, John Durrus |
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Lack of Cascading Effects of Eurasian Lynx Predation on Roe Deer to Soil and Plant Nutrients |
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Lack of Cascading Effects of Eurasian Lynx Predation on Roe Deer to Soil and Plant Nutrients |
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Lack of Cascading Effects of Eurasian Lynx Predation on Roe Deer to Soil and Plant Nutrients |
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Lack of Cascading Effects of Eurasian Lynx Predation on Roe Deer to Soil and Plant Nutrients |
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Lack of Cascading Effects of Eurasian Lynx Predation on Roe Deer to Soil and Plant Nutrients |
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lack of cascading effects of eurasian lynx predation on roe deer to soil and plant nutrients |
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