Factors Preventing the Recovery of New Zealand Forests Following Control of Invasive Deer

By David A. Coomes, R. Allen, D. Forsyth, William G. Lee. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Disturbances prevent stem size‐density distributions in natural forests from following scaling relationships (2003, background): “selectively removed many palatable species from the browse layer of New Zealand forests, without compensatory increases in unpalatable species (Wardle 1984; Coomes et al. 2003 ), and the effects of these losses are now percolating into the small-stem phase (R.P.”
Manipulating ungulate herbivory in temperate and boreal forests: effects on vegetation and invertebrates. A systematic review (2018, background): “Such activities include the introduction of livestock grazing, introductions and regulation of game species, removal of top predators, and provision of supplementary forage [1, 5, 19].”
Invasive slugs as under-appreciated obstacles to rare plant restoration: evidence from the Hawaiian Islands (2008, background): “When non-native herbivores are introduced into a plant community, species composition can change rapidly due to weak herbivore defenses and/or high invader densities, and some plant species can be pushed towards extinction (Schreiner 1997; Coomes et al. 2003).”
On the formation of dense understory layers in forests worldwide: consequences and implications for forest dynamics, biodiversity, and succession (2006, background): “…et al. 1999), and in New Zealand, where arboreal herbivory by marsupials has opened up the canopy and, in combination with deer overbrowsing, has led to stands of unpalatable plant species (Jane and Pracy 1974; Allen et al. 1984; Rogers and Leathwick 1997; Wardle et al. 2001; Coomes et al. 2003).”
Effects of biological invasions on forest carbon sequestration (2010, background): “For example, direct C losses from herbivory by introduced deer in New Zealand affect o1% of forest C stocks currently, but these seemingly small short-term effects on C stocks through consumption belie the important indirect long-term effects of deer on C sequestration including altered successional”
Long‐term biological legacies of herbivore density in a landscape‐scale experiment: forest understoreys reflect past deer density treatments for at least 20 years (2014, background): “The confluence of these processes does not appear to be unique to this particular system – Coomes et al. (2001) cited evidence of ‘expanded niche occupation’ by several species of unpalatable ferns and shrubs in New Zealand that may prevent restoration of forest tree communities even after…”
Restoring forest herb communities through landscape-level deer herd reductions: Is recovery limited by legacy effects? (2010, background): “characterized by the low abundance and even local extirpation of browse-sensitive species and the high dominance of browse-tolerant species (Frelich and Lorimer, 1985; Rooney and Dress, 1997; Waller and Alverson, 1997; Coomes et al., 2003).”
Soil‐mediated effects of invasive ungulates on native tree seedlings (2014, background): “Finally, in many regions in New Zealand and elsewhere, much effort has been made in restoring ecosystems impacted by invasive ungulates, but often with limited success (e.g. Coomes et al. 2003; Bellingham et al. 2010).”
Impacts of introduced deer and extinct moa on New Zealand ecosystems (2010, background): “In contrast, Coomes et al. (2003) reported a dramatic decrease in the number of small trees (particularly 3–5 cm dbh) within forests nationally, equating to about 20% loss over 16 years.”
The concept of overgrazing and its role in management of large herbivores (2006, background): “Also famous are examples from Australia (Caughley et al. 1997) and New Zealand (Nugent et al. 2001, Coomes et al. 2003).”