Management Intensity and Forest Successional Stages as Significant Determinants of Small Mammal Communities in a Lowland Floodplain Forest
The conversion of forests from complex natural ecosystems to simplified commercial woodlands is one of the major causes of biodiversity loss. To maintain biodiversity, we need to understand how current management practices influence forest ecosystems. We studied the effects of forest successional st...
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ftmendelubrno:oai:repozitar.mendelu.cz:20.500.12698/1560 2023-07-16T03:59:31+02:00 Management Intensity and Forest Successional Stages as Significant Determinants of Small Mammal Communities in a Lowland Floodplain Forest Suchomel, Josef Šipoš, Jan Košulič, Ondřej 2020 1320 application/pdf https://repozitar.mendelu.cz/xmlui/handle/20.500.12698/1560 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12698/1560 https://doi.org/10.3390/f11121320 unknown MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI) 1999-4907 https://repozitar.mendelu.cz/xmlui/handle/20.500.12698/1560 Suchomel, Josef orcid:0000-0002-6455-135X Šipoš, Jan orcid:0000-0001-7814-7561 Košulič, Ondřej orcid:0000-0003-2199-1694 https://doi.org/10.3390/f11121320 Forests info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ rodents insectivores oak woodlands forest management species richness forest age info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2020 ftmendelubrno https://doi.org/20.500.12698/156010.3390/f11121320 2023-06-27T18:15:26Z The conversion of forests from complex natural ecosystems to simplified commercial woodlands is one of the major causes of biodiversity loss. To maintain biodiversity, we need to understand how current management practices influence forest ecosystems. We studied the effects of forest successional stage and management intensity on the abundance, species richness, and assemblage composition of small mammals. Our results show that management intensity significantly contributes to reducing the number of species after clearcutting. We revealed that intensively managed clearings can make the dispersal or foraging activity of small mammals diffcult and hence negatively influence their abundance and species richness. The significantly higher species richness of small mammal species was recorded within more extensively rather than intensively managed clearings. In contrast, we did not observe significant changes in species richness and abundance after intensive management in old-growth forests. Species Clethrionomys glareolus and Apodemus flavicollis reached the greatest abundance in old-growth forest patches. On the other hand, Microtus arvalis and Microtus subterraneus were species mainly associated with the successionally youngest forest stands. Our analysis suggests that intensive management interventions (i.e., vegetation destruction by pesticides and wood debris removal by soil milling) in clearings produce unhostile environments for majority of the small mammal species. OA Article in Journal/Newspaper Microtus arvalis Open Repository of the Mendel University in Brno Forests 11 12 1320 |
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The conversion of forests from complex natural ecosystems to simplified commercial woodlands is one of the major causes of biodiversity loss. To maintain biodiversity, we need to understand how current management practices influence forest ecosystems. We studied the effects of forest successional stage and management intensity on the abundance, species richness, and assemblage composition of small mammals. Our results show that management intensity significantly contributes to reducing the number of species after clearcutting. We revealed that intensively managed clearings can make the dispersal or foraging activity of small mammals diffcult and hence negatively influence their abundance and species richness. The significantly higher species richness of small mammal species was recorded within more extensively rather than intensively managed clearings. In contrast, we did not observe significant changes in species richness and abundance after intensive management in old-growth forests. Species Clethrionomys glareolus and Apodemus flavicollis reached the greatest abundance in old-growth forest patches. On the other hand, Microtus arvalis and Microtus subterraneus were species mainly associated with the successionally youngest forest stands. Our analysis suggests that intensive management interventions (i.e., vegetation destruction by pesticides and wood debris removal by soil milling) in clearings produce unhostile environments for majority of the small mammal species. OA |
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Suchomel, Josef Šipoš, Jan Košulič, Ondřej |
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Management Intensity and Forest Successional Stages as Significant Determinants of Small Mammal Communities in a Lowland Floodplain Forest |
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Management Intensity and Forest Successional Stages as Significant Determinants of Small Mammal Communities in a Lowland Floodplain Forest |
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Management Intensity and Forest Successional Stages as Significant Determinants of Small Mammal Communities in a Lowland Floodplain Forest |
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Management Intensity and Forest Successional Stages as Significant Determinants of Small Mammal Communities in a Lowland Floodplain Forest |
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Management Intensity and Forest Successional Stages as Significant Determinants of Small Mammal Communities in a Lowland Floodplain Forest |
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management intensity and forest successional stages as significant determinants of small mammal communities in a lowland floodplain forest |
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