Small mammal responses to coarse woody debris distribution at different spatial scales in managed and unmanaged boreal forests

Fauteux, Dominique; Imbeau, Louis; Drapeau, Pierre; Mazerolle, Marc J.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2011.11.020

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“…This pattern of habitat use, favoring areas with more CWD and adult honeysuckle, is consistent with the documented behavior of whitefooted mice (Fauteux et al 2012;Kellner and Swihart 2014). Peromyscus leucopus also avoided those areas with greater invasive species richness and human presence Edalgo et al (2009) found that P. leucopus appear to avoid areas with higher invasive species richness, which probably played a larger role than the presence of humans.…”

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“…Shields et al (2014) found leaf litter to be an important determinant of white-footed mouse abundance, but no studies have looked at honeysuckle and P. leucopus in urban areas. A standard habitat component that is highly selected for by white-footed mice is coarse woody debris (CWD), which provides both cover and food options (Fauteux et al, 2012;Kellner and Swihart 2014), and would be expected to still be relevant. Whitefooted mice are also known to be semi-arboreal, and may use the honeysuckle canopy for movement or foraging (Batzli 1977).…”

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“…The ability of small mammals to use the microhabitat in and around areas experiencing plant invasion, and to use the invasive plants themselves, affects the likelihood of persistence for both the small mammals and native plants in urban ecosystems Small mammal species that persist within urban parks and green spaces are primarily generalists (Mahan and O'Connell 2005;Cavia et al 2009). While ideal habitat for small mammals has high structural complexity, (Horvath et al 2001), abundant woody debris (Fauteux et al 2012;Kellner and Swihart 2014), and canopy cover (Zollner and Crane 2003), generalist species can work within their broad habitat preferences to best take advantage of available habitat components (Bellows et al 2001). Flexibility in habitat requirements allows them to persist in often heavily disturbed, highly invaded urban parks.…”

Section: Leucopus) Habitat Selection In An Urban Forest Introductionmentioning

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Impact of urban factors and invasive species on white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) habitat use and foraging behavior in an urban forest park.

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Persons, William, "Impact of urban factors and invasive species on white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) habitat use and foraging behavior in an urban forest park." (2015). Urban ecosystems demonstrate high levels of anthropogenic land-use change, modification of abiotic inputs, and altered disturbance regimes; these changes directly alter habitats. These changes result in reduced native biodiversity, creating available niches often filled by invasive species. Urban parks often serve as reserves for native species less suited to survival in urban areas, helping to preserve native biodiversity through mitigation of anthropogenic effects. Understanding what changes affect these urban parks, how the vegetative community responds, and how species (small mammals in particular) modify their behaviors to persist in these areas will increase our ability to manage urban areas for maximum biodiversity.This research project took place in Twin Parks, a forested bottomland urban park.The vegetative community, habitat structure, human presence, and the small mammal community were assessed at multiple scales. Giving-Up Density was also assessed.Chapter 1 assesses the habitat at a macro scale, determining what elements of the vegetative community, vertical structure, and environment contribute to patterns of white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) capture. Chapter 2 assesses habitat selection viii at a microhabitat scale, examining how P. leucopus uses the specific invasive Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii). Chapter 3 examines P. leucopus anti-predator responses in relation to coarse woody debris (CWD) and honeysuckle canopy cover using GivingUp-Density trials.White-footed mice select for areas of greater canopy cover at the macro scale.White-footed mice selected for areas with more CWD at the micro-scale, while also potentially avoiding higher invasive species richness. White-footed mice preferentially foraged under the honeysuckle canopy in response to changes in temperature and humidity. This study suggests that the interaction between P. leucopus and ground layer invasive species is complex, and that the effect of moonlight may be diminished in this urban park.ix

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Section: Small Mammals and White-footed Micementioning

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Section: Leucopus) Habitat Selection In An Urban Forest Introductionmentioning

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Impact of urban factors and invasive species on white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) habitat use and foraging behavior in an urban forest park.

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“…As a result, maintaining large volumes of CWD across different decay stages and charring conditions is likely to allow for an abundant, and possibly more diverse, community of fungi, thus supporting fungivorous invertebrates and vertebrates. Furthermore, spatial patterns of decayed logs and uncharred logs may have important implications for hollow-dependent mammals and reptiles, due to changes in the availability and quality of hollows [2,7,50,51], and many litter-dwelling invertebrates [52]. Future research should focus on determining at what levels/availability these resources are limiting for fauna and how the use of logs by fauna is affected by charring.…”

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Long-Term Effect of Prescribed Burning Regimes and Logging on Coarse Woody Debris in South-Eastern Australia

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Coarse woody debris (CWD) is vital within forest ecosystems for an array of fauna. Forest management practices, such as prescribed burning and logging, influence the creation or loss of CWD. We examined the effect of long-term prescribed burning and logging on (i) the abundance of hollow-bearing CWD, (ii) the volume of CWD in different decay classes, (iii) the probability of hollow presence, and (iv) the size of hollows at a long-term (28 years) experimental site. Volume of CWD in moderate and advanced stages of decomposition decreased with increasing fire frequency while moderately decomposed material was higher in logged plots. The likelihood of a hollow being present increased with diameter and decreased when CWD was extensively charred. Hollow size was smaller when material was externally charred but larger when charring affected a pre-existing hollow. Increases in moderately decayed CWD reflect a pulse input of unmerchantable timber following the one-off logging event 28 years ago, though future loss of mature trees may lead to reduced input rates of woody debris in the future. Charring effects on hollow formation, increasing hollow size but decreasing overall presence, demonstrate the complex effect of fire on this resource. Our research highlights the need to develop a fundamental understanding of CWD input and loss dynamics in response to fire and logging in order to predict changes to this resource under a broad range of management scenarios.

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“…The findings about specific responses to microhabitat changes in this paper can support silvicultural decisions that balance the close-to-nature forest management and biodiversity conservation (Šporšić 2012). The effects of coarse woody debris on the abundance of small mammals have received increasing attention over the last decade, especially in the context of new silvi-cultural practices proposing to stop dwindling stock of woody debris in managed forests (Fauteux et al 2012). However, it is suggested that even in close-to-nature forest management, preserving stumps and brushwood heaps (harvest remains) can have a beneficial effect for biota.…”

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Response of the dominant rodent species to close-to-nature logging practices in a temperate mixed forest

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Lešo P., Lešová A., Kropil R., Kanuch P., 2016. Response of the dominant rodent species to close-to-nature logging practices in a temperate mixed forest. Ann. For. Res. 59(1): 259-268.Abstract. The paper aims to answer the question whether differences exist in microhabitat preferences of the yellow-necked mouse and the bank vole between the natural forest and close-to-nature managed forest in the phase of stand regeneration. The two species were live-trapped during two periods in 2006 and 2007 on a square trapping grid established in a managed forest and a natural one. Ten microhabitat variables of each trapping point were measured to analyse their influence on the spatial distribution of the two species. At trapping points, the number of capture records for each species as a dependent variable was modelled using Generalised Linear Models. The herbal cover and a distance to the nearest woody debris were the most important measured microhabitat variables which affect the spatial distribution of both species. In the natural forest, the number of captures in both species increased significantly (p < 0.05) with a decreasing number of trees, increasing undergrowth coverage and decreasing distance to the nearest woody debris. In the managed forest, an increasing distance to the nearest tree and increasing herbal cover had a negative effect on the yellow-necked mouse occurrence (p < 0.001), while in contrast, the increase in values of the same variables increased frequency of occurrence of the bank vole (p < 0.001). Moreover, the bank vole was more frequent in the presence of woody debris (p < 0.002). The study demonstrated clearly that these species modify their spatial activity depending on the management of the woodland.

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Small mammal responses to coarse woody debris distribution at different spatial scales in managed and unmanaged boreal forests

Cited by 103 publications

References 100 publications

Impact of urban factors and invasive species on white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) habitat use and foraging behavior in an urban forest park.

Impact of urban factors and invasive species on white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) habitat use and foraging behavior in an urban forest park.

Long-Term Effect of Prescribed Burning Regimes and Logging on Coarse Woody Debris in South-Eastern Australia

Response of the dominant rodent species to close-to-nature logging practices in a temperate mixed forest

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