Wpływ gospodarki leśnej na wybrane gatunki małych ssaków
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2013
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Influence of forest management on ground-dwelling small mammals
Abstract
Maintaining biological diversity is one of the main goals of modern forestry. To reach this objective we need
to know how management practices affect forest species. This study summarizes the results published
in papers on the influence of clear−cutting on small mammals. Most of the studied species increased
in abundance on clear−cuts. The response of voles (
Microtus agrestis
and
M. arvalis
) was uniformly positive.
Mice (
Apodemus flavicollis
and
A. sylvaticus
) and shrews (
Sorex araneus
and
S. minutus
) varied in their
responses but generally their number increased on clear−cuts. Bank voles (
Myodes glareolus
) appeared to be
associated with the heterogeneity of habitat rather than with the age of forest stands per se. Nevertheless,
our knowledge on the effects of forest management on small mammals is far from complete. In particular,
there are almost no studies on the subject conducted in Western Europe or concerning management practices
other than clear−cutting.
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MNiSW NN304 391 537
Keywords
forest management, small mammals, gospodarka leśna, małe ssaki, shrews, ryjówki, conservation, ochrona przyrody
Citation
Sylwan vol. 157 (7), 2013, pp. 546-552