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dc.contributor.authorMathisen, Karen Marie
dc.contributor.authorWójcicki, Adam
dc.contributor.authorBorowski, Zbigniew
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T11:49:14Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T11:49:14Z
dc.date.created2018-07-06T15:08:41Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationForest Ecology and Management. 2018, 424 378-386.nb_NO
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2576594
dc.description.abstractRoads can affect animals in several ways, by affecting movement, space use, foraging behavior and mortality. As roads often have a negative effect on populations of birds and mammals, their effects are important for wildlife management. However, the effect of roads differ between different types of roads, and most studies of road ecology have focused on major roads with high traffic intensity, whilst effects of smaller unpaved forest roads in northern ecosystems are less known. We investigated the effects of forest roads in a mixed conifer forest in central Europe on cervid habitat use and browsing impact on forest regeneration during the winter season. We found that hunted cervid species avoided forest roads, and that browsing pressure was higher within the core of forest areas rather than close to roads. This led to an increased density of undamaged trees (by browsing) close to forest roads, whilst browsing damages were relatively high in the interior. Hunters often use these forest roads in the hunting season. We suggest that human disturbance creates corridors of fear along forest roads, and that cervids alter their habitat and browse use to avoid humans. This in turn has implications for forest and cervid management. This is the first study to document that gravel roads can affect oak trees through modifying cervid behavior. Future studies should use experiments to explore this question further and separate different effects of forest roads to understand the mechanisms; edge effects on vegetation, traffic, effects on natural predators and human disturbance.nb_NO
dc.description.abstractEffects of forest roads on oak trees via cervid habitat use and browsingnb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.titleEffects of forest roads on oak trees via cervid habitat use and browsingnb_NO
dc.title.alternativeEffects of forest roads on oak trees via cervid habitat use and browsingnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionnb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Økologi: 488nb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Ecology: 488nb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber378-386nb_NO
dc.source.volume424nb_NO
dc.source.journalForest Ecology and Managementnb_NO
cristin.unitcode209,98,55,2
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for skog- og utmarksfag
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextpostprint
cristin.qualitycode1


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