Density of red and roe deer and their distribution in relation to different habitat characteristics in a floodplain forest

Title:

Density of red and roe deer and their distribution in relation to different habitat characteristics in a floodplain forest

Creator:

Prokešová, Jarmila, Barančeková, Miroslava, and Homolka, Miloslav

Identifier:

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Subject:

abundance, Capreolus capreolus, Cervus elaphus, habitat selection, and woodland

Type:

article and TEXT

Description:

Density and distribution of red deer (Cervus elaphus L., 1758) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L., 1758) in relation to habitat structure and distribution of food sources was studied using simple faeces transects and monitoring plots during winter in a floodplain forest along the Morava River. Deer densities detected on monitoring plots and parallel simple faeces transects were comparable, so we used the faeces transects, thus enabling us to gather data from a larger part of study area. Densities of both species were relatively high (red and roe deer; 9.6 and 7.0 ind./km2 respectively). Red deer preferred forest stands with dense (60–80 %) cover and a diversified shrub layer (more than three tree species). Roe deer mainly used old stands of age 50–99 years with a high cover of canopy layer and conversely low cover of herb layer, dominated by bramble. A positive relationship between the distributions of both species was detected. Inter-specific spatial interference was not observed, despite their high densities in the study area.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Source:

Folia zoologica | 2006 Volume:55 | Number:1

Harvested from:

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