The use of coniferous seedlings as alternative food to protect red oak (<i>Quercus rubra</i>) from vole girdling

Bergeron, Jean‐Marie; Goulet, R.; Gonzalez‐Voyer, Alejandro

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“…Food selection by voles appears to occur at both stand and plant levels (Hjälten et al 1993). Accordingly, studies exploring the use of alternative food as a way to protect tree seedlings from vole damage have found evidence of either associational resistance or associational susceptibility depending on the spatial scale used and the palatability of the alternative food as compared to the target tree species (Hjälten et al 1993, Bergeron et al 1998, Sullivan et al 2001, Pusenius et al 2003). The results of studies examining the effects of tree species diversity and composition on moose also are conflicting.…”

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Moose and vole browsing patterns in experimentally assembled pure and mixed forest stands

Vehviläinen

Koricheva²

2006

Ecography

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Vehviläinen, H. and Koricheva, J. 2006. Moose and vole browsing patterns in experimentally assembled pure and mixed forest stands. Á Ecography 29: 497 Á506.Plants growing in diverse communities are believed to exhibit associational resistance to herbivores, but this hypothesis has seldom been tested experimentally for vertebrate herbivores in forest ecosystems. We examined browsing patterns of the two principal mammalian herbivores of Finnish boreal forests, moose and voles, in young stands where tree species diversity and composition were experimentally manipulated. The stands were composed either of monocultures or different 2 Á5 species mixtures of Norway spruce, Scots pine, Siberian larch, silver birch, and black alder. Voles and moose showed contrasting responses to stand diversity and species composition. In accordance with the predictions of the associational resistance hypothesis, vole damage was higher in tree monocultures than in mixed stands, although stand diversity effects were statistically significant only at one of the three study areas. Voles also damaged more trees in coniferous than in deciduous stands. In contrast, moose browsing tended to increase with the number of tree species in a stand and with the presence of the preferred tree species, birch, in a mixture. The observed differences in vole and moose responses to stand diversity and species composition are likely to be due to different feeding specialisation, foraging patterns, and movement ability of these herbivores. Voles switched to trees only when the supply of a more preferred food (grasses and forbs) was depleted and restricted their feeding choice only to the most palatable tree species regardless of the number of tree species present per stand. In contrast, tree branches and foliage represented an important part of moose diet throughout the year; moose may be able to tolerate secondary plant metabolites of different tree species better than voles and may thus benefit from diet broadening when more tree species are available. Furthermore, the home range size and foraging ability of these two very differently sized herbivores may partly explain the observed differences in utilisation of different tree species. Finally, both moose and voles showed high spatial and temporal variation in their feeding; in particular, vole damage was more influenced by tree species diversity in areas and years with high vole densities. Thus, diversification of forest stands may have very different effects on mammalian browsing depending on the herbivores present, their densities, and the tree species used in reforestation.H. Vehvilä inen (harri.vehvilainen@utu.Herbivores are one of the main factors contributing to the structure of plant communities. The intensity of herbivory experienced by plants is known to be affected by the diversity and species composition of the surrounding vegetation (Tahvanainen and Root 1972, Atsatt and O'Dowd 1976, Pfister and Hay 1988. Many ecological and agricultural studies have documented reduction in herbivory experience...

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Moose and vole browsing patterns in experimentally assembled pure and mixed forest stands

Vehviläinen

Koricheva²

2006

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“…Browsing by white‐tail deer Odocoileus virginianum Zimmermann and girdling by meadow voles Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord are key factors in determining the success of Q. rubra in North America (Bergeron, Goulet, & Gonzalez‐Voyer, 1998; Levine, Winchcombe, Canham, Christenson, & Ronsheim, 2012). Other mammals such as elk, hares, cottontail rabbits, pocket gophers and moose also occasionally feed on Red Oak in North America (Huntly & Inouye, 1988; Telfer, 1972; Van Dersal, 1940).…”

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Biological Flora of the British Isles:Quercus rubra

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1. This account presents information on all aspects of the biology of Quercus rubra L.(Red Oak, Northern Red Oak; syn. Q. borealis, Q. maxima) that are relevant to understanding its ecological characteristics and behaviour. The main topics are presented within the standard framework of the Biological Flora of the British Isles: distribution; habitat; communities; responses to biotic factors; responses to environment; structure and physiology; phenology; floral and seed characters; herbivores and disease; history; and conservation.2. Quercus rubra is a large deciduous tree native to eastern North America. In its native range this species is one of the most important mid-successional tree species.Since the 18th century Q. rubra has been introduced into forest management in Europe and elsewhere. Currently, Q. rubra is a naturalized species in 23 countries.

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Patterns of vole gnawing on saplings in managed clearings in Central European forests

Krojerová-Prokešová

Homolka

Heroldová

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Forest Ecology and Management

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The use of coniferous seedlings as alternative food to protect red oak (Quercus rubra) from vole girdling

Cited by 4 publications

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Moose and vole browsing patterns in experimentally assembled pure and mixed forest stands

Moose and vole browsing patterns in experimentally assembled pure and mixed forest stands

Biological Flora of the British Isles:Quercus rubra

Patterns of vole gnawing on saplings in managed clearings in Central European forests

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