Small mammal exploitation of a forest-clearcut interface

Small mammals as bioindicators of sustainable boreal forest management

“…They have been found to reach their greatest abundance in older mature forest elsewhere, as they did here (Ramirez and Hornocker, 1981;Martell, 1983a;Probst and Rakstad, 1987;Sullivan et al, 2000). Following clearcutting, the red-backed vole has been observed to decline immediately (Spires and Bendell, 1983;Martell, 1984;Crête et al, 1995) or initially increase and then decline (Martell and Radvanyi, 1977;Martell, 1983a,b;Clough, 1987;Sekgororoane and Dilworth, 1995;Sullivan et al, 1999;Moses and Boutin, 2001, however, see Kirkland, 1977, 1990Kirkland et al, 1985;Parker, 1989 for a different response). In the study area, red-backed voles reached their greatest abundance in older forest, and their lowest abundance in recent clearcuts (although slightly more red-backed voles were recorded in 0-5-year-old regeneration than 5-10-year-old regeneration).…”

Effect of felling on red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and pine marten (Martes martes) diets in transitional mixed forest in Belarus

“…Intensified clear cutting creates a higher portion of openings in woodlands. Increased species diversity and biomass of rodent species in recent clearcuts was shown for many European countries (Hansson, 1978;Wo"k and Wo"k, 1982;Kirkland et al, 1985;Carey and Johnson, 1995;Aksenova and Bulyuk, 1986;Bryja et al, 2002;Fuller et al, 2004), as well as for transitional mixed woodlands in northern Belarus (Sidorovich et al, 2008a). Red foxes adopt the increased food base Table 4.…”

“…Jędrzejewski and Jędrzejewska, 1992;Jedrzejewski et al, 1993a;Sidorovich et al, 2005Sidorovich et al, , 2006a. Intensified forest exploitation influences population density of the majority of rodent species (Hansson, 1978;Wo"k and Wo"k, 1982;Kirkland et al, 1985;Aksenova and Bulyuk, 1986;Carey and Johnson, 1995;Bryja et al, 2002;Sidorovich et al, 2008a). It shifts prey supply and diets of red foxes and pine martens and, consequently, may underlay the revealed changes in the predator numbers in recently logged woodlands (Sidorovich et al, 2008a).…”

Small mammal responses to forest management for oak regeneration in southern Indiana

“…Eastern chipmunks are associated with high abundance of seedlings and shallow leaf litter (Kaminski et al, 2007), which are characteristic of early seral stages and disturbance events mimicked by even-aged management. Three years after clearcutting in a Pennsylvania oak forest, eastern chipmunks had increased in abundance, although they maintained home ranges in both harvested and uncut areas (Kirkland et al, 1985). Chipmunks responded similarly to 1-4 yearold clearcuts in northern hardwoods (Lovejoy, 1975).…”