Ecological factors influencing the winter abundance of mammals in temperate forest
2014
Hwang, H.-S., Chung-Ang University, Ansung (Korea). School of Bioresource and Bioscience | Son, S.-H., Chung-Ang University, Ansung (Korea). School of Bioresource and Bioscience | Kang, H., Chung-Ang University, Ansung (Korea). School of Bioresource and Bioscience | Rhim, S.-J., Chung-Ang University, Ansung (Korea). School of Bioresource and Bioscience
We examined the ecological factors influencing winter abundance of mammals in the natural deciduous forest and the panese larch, Larix leptolepis, plantation in Mount Maehwa, Hongcheon, South Korea. We counted the tracks of five mammal species - the Korean hare, Lepus coreanus; the raccoon dog, Nycterentes procyonoides; the Siberian weasel, Mustela sibirica; the water deer, Hydropotes inermis and the wild boar, Sus scrofa - in the snow from November 2013 to February 2014. We showed that the mean basal area, canopy cover and shrub cover were significantly higher in the Japanese larch plantation than in the natural deciduous forest. The winter abundance of Korean hares, racoon dogs and wild boars were significantly correlated with canopy cover. For all of the investigated species, the preferred winter habitat was the Japanese larch plantation, with dense shrub cover and high number of fallen logs. Our results indicate that for planning conservation and forest management strategies for mammal species, the preferred forest habitats variables must be taken into consideration.
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