Re-introduction of red deer (Cervus elaphus L.) in the area of Sokolovica [Serbia] – status and problems
2012
Gačić, D.P., Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade (Serbia) | Danilović, M., Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade (Serbia) | Miletić, R., SE Srbijašume, Kuršumlija (Serbia). FE Toplica
Red deer reintroduction to the area of Sokolovica, financed and realized by PE Srbijašume (Belgrade) through FE Toplica from Kuršumlija was researched. The study objective was to assess the red deer effect of forest flora in the fenced rearing centre Miloševa Voda, to which the initial stock of 14 calves (8 males and 6 females) originating from the hunting ground Kozara (Vojvodina) was settled in 1997. The data were collected by detailed surveying of the entire rearing centre in summer 2010. All the damaged trees were classified by tree species and by intensity of bark stripping. The most frequent bark-stripped species were hornbeam (92.1% or 840 trees) and white ash (6.1% or 56 trees). The incidence and intensity of hornbeam bark stripping were the highest in the diameter classes from 5.0 to 9.9 cm (252 trees) and from 10.0 to 14.9 cm (303 trees). The incidence of damage by red deer is not high and does not have an adverse effect on forest structure and composition.
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