Influence of young black spruce plantations on moose winter distribution
Logging in the boreal forest may benefit moose by increasing food availability. However, the influence of tree plantations on moose behavior, especially on moose spatial ecology, is poorly understood. We assessed the impacts of black spruce plantations on moose winter distribution at a landscape sca...
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ftunivquebecchic:oai:constellation.uqac.ca:9564 2023-11-12T04:00:19+01:00 Influence of young black spruce plantations on moose winter distribution Leclerc, Martin Lamoureux, Jean St‐Laurent, Martin‐Hugues 2012-11-05 application/pdf https://constellation.uqac.ca/id/eprint/9564/1/Leclerc_et_al_2012_JWM.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.419 en eng https://constellation.uqac.ca/id/eprint/9564/ http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1002/jwmg.419 doi:10.1002/jwmg.419 https://constellation.uqac.ca/id/eprint/9564/1/Leclerc_et_al_2012_JWM.pdf Leclerc Martin, Lamoureux Jean et St‐Laurent Martin‐Hugues. (2012). Influence of young black spruce plantations on moose winter distribution. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 76, (8), p. 1686-1693. Biologie et autres sciences connexes aerial surveys Alces alces black spruce plantations limiting factors moose distribution Québec Article publié dans une revue avec comité d'évaluation Évalué par les pairs 2012 ftunivquebecchic https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.419 2023-10-28T22:13:37Z Logging in the boreal forest may benefit moose by increasing food availability. However, the influence of tree plantations on moose behavior, especially on moose spatial ecology, is poorly understood. We assessed the impacts of black spruce plantations on moose winter distribution at a landscape scale in the Bas‐Saint‐Laurent region (Québec, Canada). We used winter aerial surveys to examine relationships among plantation characteristics and other habitat variables known to affect moose distribution. The total area of plantations positively influenced moose abundance, but highly aggregated plantations resulted in fewer moose. Moose abundance was also positively associated with food availability and the density of edges between stands providing cover and stands offering high food availability, but moose abundance was negatively associated with road density. Although plantation characteristics were less influential than habitat variables related to foraging and predator avoidance, we demonstrate that the area of black spruce plantations and their configuration should be considered in moose management. We conclude that an integrated management strategy is needed to find a balance between overdeveloped road networks (needed to join homogeneously distributed plantations) and agglomerated plantations in order to mitigate impacts on moose winter distribution. © 2012 The Wildlife Society. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC): Constellation The Journal of Wildlife Management 76 8 1686 1693 |
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Logging in the boreal forest may benefit moose by increasing food availability. However, the influence of tree plantations on moose behavior, especially on moose spatial ecology, is poorly understood. We assessed the impacts of black spruce plantations on moose winter distribution at a landscape scale in the Bas‐Saint‐Laurent region (Québec, Canada). We used winter aerial surveys to examine relationships among plantation characteristics and other habitat variables known to affect moose distribution. The total area of plantations positively influenced moose abundance, but highly aggregated plantations resulted in fewer moose. Moose abundance was also positively associated with food availability and the density of edges between stands providing cover and stands offering high food availability, but moose abundance was negatively associated with road density. Although plantation characteristics were less influential than habitat variables related to foraging and predator avoidance, we demonstrate that the area of black spruce plantations and their configuration should be considered in moose management. We conclude that an integrated management strategy is needed to find a balance between overdeveloped road networks (needed to join homogeneously distributed plantations) and agglomerated plantations in order to mitigate impacts on moose winter distribution. © 2012 The Wildlife Society. |
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Influence of young black spruce plantations on moose winter distribution |
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Influence of young black spruce plantations on moose winter distribution |
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