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Microsite affects willow sapling recovery from bank vole (Myodes glareolus) herbivory, but does not affect grazing risk

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† Background:
Large herbivores are often removed or reduced as part of vegetation restoration programmes, but the
resultant increase in vegetation biomass and changes in vegetation structure may favour small mammals. Small
mammals may have large impacts on plant community composition via granivory and sapling herbivory, and
increased small mammal populations may reduce any benefits of large herbivore removal for highly preferred
species. This study tested the impacts of small mammal herbivory, microsite characteristics and their interaction on growth and survival of three montane willow species with differing chemical compositions, Salix lapponum, S. myrsinifolia and S. arbuscula.

† Methods:
In two separate years, 1-year-old saplingswere planted within a 180 ha, large-mammal scrub regeneration
exclosure, and either experimentally protected from or exposed to small mammals (bank voles). Saplings were
planted in one of two microsite treatments, vegetation mown (to mimic a grazed sward) or disturbed (all above and below-ground competition removed), and monitored throughout the first year of growth.

† Key results:
Approximately 40%of saplings planted out in each year were damaged by bank voles, but direct mortality
due to damage was very low(

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Judul Seri

Annals of Botany

No. Panggil

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Penerbit

Oxford : Oxford University Press on behalf of the Annals of Botany Company., 2013

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Annals of Botany 112: 731–739, 2013

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English

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Tipe Media

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EKOFISIOLOGI TANAMAN

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