Ecological factors influencing the winter abundance of mammals in temperate forest
- Title:
- Ecological factors influencing the winter abundance of mammals in temperate forest
- Creator:
- Hwang, Hyun-Su, Son, Seung-Hun, Kang, Hojeong, and Rhim, Shin-Jae
- Identifier:
- https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:bc537b79-529b-4e89-8a57-2048afdb2ad2
uuid:bc537b79-529b-4e89-8a57-2048afdb2ad2 - Subject:
- Japanese larch plantation, natural deciduous forest, and track
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- article, model:article, and TEXT
- Description:
- We examined the ecological factors influencing winter abundance of mammals in the natural deciduous forest and the Japanese larch, Larix leptolepis, plantation in Mount Maehwa, Hongcheon, South Korea. We counted the tracks of five mammal species – the Korean hare, Lepus coreanus; the raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides; the Siberian weasel, Mustela sibirica; the water deer, Hydropotes inermis and the wild boar, Sus scrofa – in the snow from November 2013 to February 2014. We showed that the mean basal area, canopy cover and shrub cover were significantly higher in the Japanese larch plantation than in the natural deciduous forest. The winter abundances of Korean hares, raccoon dogs and water deer were higher in the Japanese larch plantation than in the natural deciduous forest. The results of stepwise analysis revealed that the winter abundances of four species were significantly correlated with ≥ 1 of the habitat variables. The winter abundances of Korean hares, water deer and wild boars were significantly correlated with shrub cover. The winter abundances of Korean hares, raccoon dogs and wild boars were significantly correlated with fallen logs; and the winter abundance of water deer was significantly correlated with canopy cover. For all of the species, the preferred winter habitat was the Japanese larch plantation, with dense shrub cover and high number of fallen logs. Our results indicate that for planning conservation and forest management strategies for mammal species, the preferred forest habitat variables must be taken into consideration.
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
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policy:public - Source:
- Folia zoologica | 2014 Volume:63 | Number:4
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