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A review of ungulate impacts on the success of climate-adapted forest management strategies

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

Categorie(s): 

Scientific Article

Theme(s): 

Forestry Research, Forests, Silviculture

Departmental author(s): 

Champagne, Émilie, Raymond, Patricia

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

ISSN

2198-6436

Keywords :

changements climatiques, cervidés, silviculture d'adaptation, foresterie, aménagement, climate change, cervids, adaptive silviculture, forestry, management

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