Full text of this article is only available in PDF format.

Matti Rousi (email)

Susceptibility of pine to mammalian herbivores in northern Finland.

Rousi M. (1983). Susceptibility of pine to mammalian herbivores in northern Finland. Silva Fennica vol. 17 no. 4 article id 5195. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a15178

Abstract

An inventory of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) graft collection in Kolari (67°15’ N, 23°45’ S) showed that severe damage by arctic hare (Lepus timidus L.), root and bank vole (Microtus oeconomus Pallas and M. agrestis L.) and moose (Alces alces L.) was done to grafts in size and in rather poor condition. Furthermore, the damage by arctic hare was dependent on the dry matter content of the needles. Another inventory in a fertilization experiment in a pine pole-stage forest showed that nitrogen fertilization increased the damage by arctic hare. On the basis of the present results, an assumption was made that the formation of repellent substances against herbivorous mammals is connected with wintering process of northern pines.

The PDF includes a summary in Finnish.

Keywords
Pinus sylvestris; fertilization; Scots pine; Alces alces; moose; forest damage; seedling damages; arctic hare; Lepus timidus; root vole; Microtus oeconomus; bank vole; Microtus agrestis

Published in 1983

Views 4075

Available at https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a15178 | Download PDF

Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 4.0

Register
Click this link to register to Silva Fennica.
Log in
If you are a registered user, log in to save your selected articles for later access.
Contents alert
Sign up to receive alerts of new content

Your selected articles
Send to email
Kallio T., (1976) Peniophora gigantea (Fr.) Massee and wounded spr.. Acta Forestalia Fennica vol. 0 no. 149 article id 7583 (remove) | Edit comment
Belbo H., (2010) Comparison of two working methods for small tree.. Silva Fennica vol. 44 no. 3 article id 142 (remove) | Edit comment
Čugunovs M., Tuittila E.-S. et al. (2017) Recovery of boreal forest soil and tree stand ch.. Silva Fennica vol. 51 no. 5 article id 7723 (remove) | Edit comment
Ihalainen M., Salo K. et al. (2003) Empirical prediction models for Vaccinium myrtil.. Silva Fennica vol. 37 no. 1 article id 513 (remove) | Edit comment
Kankare V., Luoma V. et al. (2019) Assessing feasibility of the forest trafficabili.. Silva Fennica vol. 53 no. 3 article id 10197 (remove) | Edit comment
Pärnänen A., (1979) Ecological effects of different land uses and ma.. Silva Fennica vol. 13 no. 2 article id 5023 (remove) | Edit comment
Nuorteva M., Saari L. (1996) Winter ecology of a female White-backed Woodpeck.. Silva Fennica vol. 30 no. 1 article id 5576 (remove) | Edit comment
Kretschmer U., Kirchner N. et al. (2013) A new approach to assessing tree stem quality ch.. Silva Fennica vol. 47 no. 5 article id 1071 (remove) | Edit comment
Rousi M., (1983) Susceptibility of pine to mammalian herbivores i.. Silva Fennica vol. 17 no. 4 article id 5195 (remove) | Edit comment
Your search results