Effect of browsing by ungulates on sapling growth of Scots pine in a Mediterranean environment: consequences for forest regeneration

By Regino Zamora, J. Gómez, J. Hódar, J. Castro, Daniel García. 2001

141 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Global and Planetary Change

1. Regino Zamora
2. Alistair S. Jump
3. J. Castro
4. Luis Matías
5. J. Hódar
6. J. Gómez
7. L. Gómez‐Aparicio
8. Daniel García

In Insect Science

1. Regino Zamora
2. J. Hódar
3. J. Castro
4. L. Gómez‐Aparicio
5. J. Gómez

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. Regino Zamora
2. L. Gómez‐Aparicio
3. J. Castro
4. J. Hódar
5. J. Gómez
6. Luis Matías
7. Daniel García
8. Alistair S. Jump

Citations in the corpus

• Impact of vertebrate acorn- and seedling-predators on a Mediterranean Quercus pyrenaica forest (2003, background): “The conservation and restoration of these forests under the current ecological context of most Mediterranean mountains requires therefore the prevention of the negative impact produced by these herbivores (Zamora et al., 2001).”
• Herbivory and climatic warming: a Mediterranean outbreaking caterpillar attacks a relict, boreal pine species (2004, background): “Once juveniles are established, the high herbivory pressure by wild and domestic ungulates limits tree growth, especially in the treeline areas, where herbivory upon pines is stronger ´ ´(Hodar et al. 1998; Gomez et al. 2001; Zamora et al. 2001).”
• Pine processionary caterpillar Thaumetopoea pityocampa as a new threat for relict Mediterranean Scots pine forests under climatic warming (2003, background): “An unbrowsed sapling takes 21 years to reach 150 cm in height, while a sapling browsed by ungulates takes around 30 years (Zamora et al., 2001).”
• Interactions between growth, demography and biotic interactions in determining species range limits in a warming world: the case of Pinus sylvestris (2012, background): “poor soils, low temperature or drought) are exposed to browsing for longer periods because they take longer to grow out of reach of browsers (Danell et al., 1991; Zamora et al., 2001; Herrero et al., 2012), and also because the low pasture production during dry years induces a higher consumption of ”
• Seedling establishment of a boreal tree species (Pinus sylvestris) at its southernmost distribution limit: consequences of being in a marginal Mediterranean habitat (2004, background): “3) and, considering that sapling mortality is very low (Hódar et al. 1998; Zamora et al. 2001), this pattern must be fixed by the spatial distribution created by seedling survival.”
• Benefits of Using Shrubs as Nurse Plants for Reforestation in Mediterranean Mountains: A 4‐Year Study (2004, background): “These species, particularly slow growing under the dry-summer Mediterranean conditions of the study area, require around 25 years for the leader shoot to grow beyond the reach of ungulates (ca. 150 cm; Zamora et al. 2001).”