Influence of hurricane Lothar on red and roe deer winter diets in the Northern Vosges, France

Storms, David H.; Saïd, Sonia; Fritz, Hervé; Saint-Andrieux, Christine; Klein, François

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.043

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“…bramble (Degen et al 2005;Moser et al 2008), thus making them attractive feeding places for roe deer (Gaillard et al 2003). However, the results of our study, similarly to those of Storms et al (2006), did not support the prediction of higher use of browse by roe deer on these clearings in comparison to undisturbed forest growth. This may be influenced by the quality of food sources on clearings.…”

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“…Some plant groups highly palatable to roe deer, e.g. bramble, can prosper more on the hurricane-created clearings (Storms et al 2006). The changes in food availability can substantially influence the Communicated by W. Lutz M. Barančeková (*) : J. Krojerová-Prokešová roe deer diet composition at these gaps (Gaillard et al 2003;Widmer et al 2004).…”

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Annual changes in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) diet in the Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic/Germany

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The composition of roe deer diet in the Bohemian Forest was analysed with the aim to assess its role in forest habitat altered by bark beetle outbreaks and wind calamities. The annual diet of roe deer was studied at both, Czech and German, sides of the Bohemian Forest using microscopic analyses of faeces. On average, the largest part of the roe deer diet consisted of forbs (32%), followed by three other components-grasses (17%), coniferous trees (13%) and broadleaved trees (11%). Overall the results show that the composition of roe deer diet in the Bohemian Forest is that of a typical concentrate selector.

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Annual changes in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) diet in the Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic/Germany

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“…However, since the end of 1990s, managers have created some openings to increase vegetation biomass and thereby deer food resources. In addition, hurricane Lothar hit the forest in December 1999 and swept away 480 ha of mature forest, generating several wind-throws up to 50 ha in size (Storms et al 2006). Lothar thus led to increased resource availability for roe deer (Widmer et al 2004) without impacting negatively on survival or reproduction ).…”

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High red deer density depresses body mass of roe deer fawns

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Many previous studies have pointed out that, when resources are limited, the potential for competition should be high among sympatric species that display overlaps in habitat and nutritional niches. However, reliable evidence of competition between red deer (Cervus elaphus) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) has not been yet reported for life history traits directly measuring performance such as body mass, reproduction, or survival. From long-term monitoring of deer populations in the reserve of La Petite Pierre (France), we measured the sex-specific responses of roe deer fawn body mass to changes in red deer density after accounting for possible confounding effects of date of shooting, climatic conditions, and roe deer density. As expected under the hypothesis of competition, red deer density in a given year had a marked negative influence on body mass of roe deer fawns born the same year and the following year. Fawn mass of roe deer males and females responded in similar ways to changes in red deer density. Our study provides the first evidence of a negative response of roe deer performance to high red deer density.

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“…Plants on clearcuts contain higher levels of nutrients and are therefore preferred by ungulates (Gill, 1992). Furthermore, Rubus spp., very palatable species that form a major part of the winter diet (Partl et al, 2002;Moser et al, 2006;Storms et al, 2006), benefit from the clearings because they are light demanding species (Ellenberg et al, 2001).…”

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“…Windthrow and wildfire have been shown to dramatically alter the structure and composition of forest communities, which in turn affect understory vegetation and roe deer habitat (Partl et al, 2002;Widmer et al, 2004;Storms et al, 2006). After catastrophic events the availability of forage increases, allowing roe deer to specialize on preferred plant species (Storms et al, 2006). As a result home range size decreases, because of the increased forage availability and animals shift to areas, where most of the windthrow occurred (Widmer et al, 2004).…”

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