DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.06.017
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84903837836
论文题名: Long-term livestock grazing alters aspen age structure in the northwestern Great Basin
作者: Beschta R.L. ; Boone Kauffman J. ; Dobkin D.S. ; Ellsworth L.M.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2014
卷: 329 起始页码: 30
结束页码: 36
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Aspen age structure
; Climate
; Ecosystem recovery
; Great Basin
; Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge
; Livestock grazing
Scopus关键词: Ecosystems
; Age structures
; Climate
; Ecosystem recoveries
; Great Basin
; Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge
; Livestock grazing
; Agriculture
; age structure
; deciduous tree
; ecosystem service
; grazing
; herbivory
; livestock farming
; population decline
; recruitment (population dynamics)
; ungulate
; Great Basin
; Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge
; Oregon
; United States
英文摘要: We determined the age structure of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) over the period 1850-2009 in Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge riparian areas to evaluate potential influences of (a) livestock herbivory and (b) climate on aspen demography. We found a significant decline in aspen recruitment (p<. 0.05) in the late 1800s, coincident with the onset of high levels of Euro-American livestock grazing. Although livestock use was regulated following establishment of the refuge in 1936, low levels of aspen recruitment continued. After termination of livestock grazing in 1990, aspen recruitment on the refuge increased (p<. 0.05) by more than an order of magnitude in comparison to levels occurring during the previous half-century of regulated grazing. Climate variables (i.e., Palmer Drought Severity Index, annual precipitation, and annual temperature) appeared to have little influence on long-term patterns of aspen recruitment. Overall, results are consistent with top-down forcing by livestock herbivory as the major factor associated with a century of reduced aspen recruitment on HMNAR. Where long-term declines in aspen are currently underway on grazed lands in the western US, land managers need to carefully consider the potential effects of livestock and alter, as needed, management of these ungulates to ensure retention of aspen woodlands and their ecosystem services. © 2014 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65816
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作者单位: Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States; Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States; Greater Hart-Sheldon Conservation Fund, 15 S.W. Colorado Avenue, Suite 300, Bend, OR 97702, United States
Recommended Citation:
Beschta R.L.,Boone Kauffman J.,Dobkin D.S.,et al. Long-term livestock grazing alters aspen age structure in the northwestern Great Basin[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2014-01-01,329