Summary:
Published in Current Forestry Reports 7(4): 305-320. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40725-021-00148-5
Climate change is modifying the dynamics of forests and threatens the supply of ecosystem services from managed forests. In response, managers are developing climate-adapted strategies, mostly focusing on changes in abiotic conditions. Ungulate populations, however, also impact forest integrity and productivity, and the effects of ungulate browsing likely interact with the effects of climate change. This raises the issue of whether climate-adapted strategies will be compatible with abundant ungulate populations. Here, we endeavour to (1) review if/how climate-adapted strategies currently consider ungulates and (2) to highlight how browsing could affect the success of these strategies, using a systematic mapping protocol and available knowledge of ungulate browsing.
Sector(s):
Forests
Catégorie(s):
Scientific Article
Theme(s):
Forestry Research, Forests, Silviculture
Departmental author(s):
Author(s):
CHAMPAGNE, Emilie, Patricia RAYMOND, Alejandro A. POYO, James D. M. SPEED, Jean-Pierre TREMBLAY and Steeve D. CÔTÉ
Year of publication:
2021
Format:
PDF available upon request
How to get the publication:
ISSN:
2198-6436
Keyword(s):
changements climatiques, cervidés, silviculture d'adaptation, foresterie, aménagement, climate change, cervids, adaptive silviculture, forestry, management