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The Influence of Wild Boars on the Growth of Forest Trees and Stands: A Case Study of a Wild Boar Game Preserve

Lebocky, Tibor and Petrás, Rudolf (2015) The Influence of Wild Boars on the Growth of Forest Trees and Stands: A Case Study of a Wild Boar Game Preserve. ACTA SILVATICA ET LIGNARIA HUNGARICA, 11 (1). pp. 65-75. ISSN 1786-691X

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Abstract

This research investigated methods for determin ing and quantify ing the impact of wild boars on the increment and growth of forest trees and stands. The influence of wild boars on stand variables was observed in a wild game preserve established in central Slovakia in 2000 practicing intensive wild boar management . Long - term measurements obtained from two long - term research plots of sessile oak trees established in 1969 were used to monitor stand growth. I ncrements of trees were observed on tree ring cores coming from trees surrounded by differently damaged soil surface s . Wild boars rooting the soil surface proved to have neither a positive nor negative influence on the mean diamet er and height of the forest stands. Analysis of radial increments in 9 trees growing on sites with more intense, deeper , and permanent rooting in the soil profile located near a larger mud bath was also carried out. A more distinctive increment depression was found on one oak near the mud bath and on one b eech where deeper soil surface rooting occurred.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: S Agriculture / mezőgazdaság > S1 Agriculture (General) / mezőgazdaság általában > S590 Soill / Talajtan
S Agriculture / mezőgazdaság > SD Forestry / erdőgazdaság
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 24 Aug 2015 19:13
Last Modified: 04 Jan 2016 13:18
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/25951

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