Small mammals as bioindicators of sustainable boreal forest management

Pearce, Jennie; Venier, Lisa A.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2004.11.024

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“…However, while our results suggest that the abundance of bank voles does not change after logging, in North America the red-backed vole (Myodes gapperi) strongly decreases in abundance on clear-cuts (Zwolak 2009). This difference is interesting because both Myodes species are considered forest specialists (Hansson 1996;Pearce and Venier 2005). The decrease in red-backed voles on clear-cuts could be the result of the strong association of this species with downed wood.…”

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Responses of small mammals to clear-cutting in temperate and boreal forests of Europe: a meta-analysis and review

Bogdziewicz

Zwolak

2013

Eur J Forest Res

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We analyzed the responses of small mammals to clear-cutting in temperate and boreal forests in Europe. We conducted a meta-analysis of published research on most often studied small mammal species (the striped field mouse, the yellow-necked mouse, the wood mouse, the field vole, the common vole, the bank vole, the Eurasian harvest mouse, the common shrew and the Eurasian pygmy shrew), comparing their abundance on clear-cuts and in unharvested stands. For four other species (the gray-sided vole, the Siberian flying squirrel, the Eurasian red squirrel and the hazel dormouse), we provide a qualitative review of their responses to forest harvest. Results of the metaanalysis suggest that common species of small mammals usually increase in abundance after clear-cutting or are unaffected by this disturbance. As an exception, the yellow-necked mouse declines after clear-cutting in boreal but not in temperate forest. The qualitative review suggests that the responses of more specialized (e.g., arboreal) species to forest harvest are more varied than the responses of generalist species included in the meta-analysis. For some species of small mammals (e.g., the Siberian flying squirrel), habitat loss resulting from forest harvest is a major threat.

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Responses of small mammals to clear-cutting in temperate and boreal forests of Europe: a meta-analysis and review

Bogdziewicz

Zwolak

2013

Eur J Forest Res

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“…Like Pearce and Venier (2005), they suggest that once relationships between small mammals and vegetation structure are identified, vegetation structural indices, rather than monitoring small mammal abundance, may serve as more efficient measures of the effects of silviculture on wildlife communities. Lautenschlager and Sullivan (2002) reviewed the few landscape analyses that had been completed up to 2002 and concluded that "Canadian forests continue to regenerate after a combination of human-and natural-caused disturbances, but the escalating loss of conifers from these ecosystems is socially and ecologically troubling. "…”

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Synthesis of Silviculture Options, Costs, and Consequences of Alternative Vegetation Management Practices Relevant to Boreal and Temperate Conifer Forests: Introduction

Bell

Thiffault

Szuba

et al. 2011

The Forestry Chronicle

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In 2007, a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary team from across Canada embarked on an exercise to synthesize knowledge about forest vegetation management alternatives and their use in northern forests. This exercise involved: (1) updating the Canadian Forest Pest Management database, (2) synthesizing relevant forest vegetation management literature, (3) conducting stand-level wildlife, wood quality, yield, and benefit-cost analyses, (4) conducting landscape-level analyses to determine the effects of a systematic reduction in herbicide use on forest management objectives, and (5) transferring the relevant information to forest managers. The results are presented as ten papers in this special issue of The Forestry Chronicle.Key words: forest economics, forest vegetation management, forest growth and yield, forest modelling, social acceptability, wildlife habitat RÉSUMÉEn 2007, une équipe multi-agences et multidisciplinaire pancanadienne a entrepris d' effectuer la synthèse des connaissances sur les différentes options de contrôle de la végétation en forêt dans le contexte des forêts nordiques. Cet exercice a néces-sité : (1) la mise à jour de la Base de données relatives à la lutte contre les insectes ravageurs, les maladies et la végétation compétitrice dans les forêts au Canada, (2) la synthèse de la littérature pertinente sur le contrôle de la végétation forestière, (3) des analyses à l' échelle du peuplement sur la faune, la qualité du bois, les rendements et l'aspect coût-bénéfice, (4) des analyses à l' échelle du paysage afin de déterminer les impacts d'une réduction systématique de l'utilisation des herbicides chimiques sur l'atteinte des objectifs d'aménagement, et (5) le transfert de connaissances aux aménagistes et sylviculteurs. Les résultats de cet exercice sont présentés dans dix articles qui forment ce numéro spécial du Forestry Chronicle.

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“…Avec sa diète diversifiée et plastique, la souris sylvestre est capable d'exploiter avec succès les ressources alimentaires limitées dans les sites perturbés (Martell et Macaulay 1981). Pearce et Venier (2005) expliquent l'augmentation rapide de son abondance dans les milieux de conifères récemment perturbés par le feu (Crête et al 1995) ou la coupe totale (Kirkland 1990) par sa bonne capacité de dispersion. D'autre part 9 la présence de massifs forestiers au pourtour des aménagements forêts/bleuets contribue sans doute au maintien d'espèces forestières dans les fragments résiduels.…”

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Réaction des micromammifères et des oiseaux à l'aménagement forêt/bleuet dans des pinèdes grises de l'ouest du lac Saint-Jean /

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Small mammals as bioindicators of sustainable boreal forest management

Cited by 124 publications

References 53 publications

Responses of small mammals to clear-cutting in temperate and boreal forests of Europe: a meta-analysis and review

Responses of small mammals to clear-cutting in temperate and boreal forests of Europe: a meta-analysis and review

Synthesis of Silviculture Options, Costs, and Consequences of Alternative Vegetation Management Practices Relevant to Boreal and Temperate Conifer Forests: Introduction

Réaction des micromammifères et des oiseaux à l'aménagement forêt/bleuet dans des pinèdes grises de l'ouest du lac Saint-Jean /

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