Effects of 13-year fencing on browsing by sika deer on seedlings on Mt. Ohdaigahara, central Japan

We examined the effects of fencing on deer browsing on seedlings 13 years after the building the experimental fence on Mt. Ohdaigahara, central Japan, where the sika deer (Cervus nippon) population is high. There was no difference in the species number of seedlings between 1991 and 2004. The density...

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Published inJournal of forest research Vol. 11; no. 5; pp. 337 - 342
Main Authors Kumar, Shalini, Takeda, Akimasa, Shibata, Ei'ichi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo Springer-Verlag 01.10.2006
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Browsing
Cervus nippon
Deer
Deer-proof fence
Fencing
interspecific variation
Mt. Ohdaigahara
Planting density
Seedlings
Vegetation
Japan
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Summary:We examined the effects of fencing on deer browsing on seedlings 13 years after the building the experimental fence on Mt. Ohdaigahara, central Japan, where the sika deer (Cervus nippon) population is high. There was no difference in the species number of seedlings between 1991 and 2004. The density of seedlings in the fenced plot in 2004 was three times higher than in 1991. Although the unfenced plots had no seedlings higher than 20 cm, there were seedlings up to 120 cm in the fenced plot. These results suggest that 13-year fencing promoted regeneration of seedlings in this area.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10310-006-0216-9
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ISSN:1341-6979
1610-7403
DOI:10.1007/s10310-006-0216-9