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DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2019.03.034
	The effect of game management on the conservation value of woodland rides
	Capstick L.A.; Draycott R.A.H.; Wheelwright C.M.; Ling D.E.; Sage R.B.; Hoodless A.N.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0378-1127
卷号	454
英文摘要	In recent decades open areas, created by natural disturbance or human activity, have been lost from many woodlands. Consequently, species that rely on the unique abiotic conditions provided by these open areas, including species characteristic of ancient woodland, have become of conservation concern. In woodlands managed for driven pheasant shooting linear open spaces (rides) are maintained. However, previous research has shown that game management can have negative effects on woodland communities, particularly within the area of pheasant release pens. It may be that rides in game woods do not support the same species as open areas in other woods. We assessed the effect of game management on the structure and management of rides, on the ground flora and shrub communities, and on butterfly abundance of these rides. Rides in game woods were wider and more open. Although disturbance by vehicles was higher in game woods, overall habitat disturbance was higher in control woods. These differences in physical attributes, combined with the direct effects of pheasants (including soil nutrient input), explained the differences observed in the ground vegetation of rides in game woods. For example, there were more fast-growing ruderal species and less bare ground in game woods. Although the richness of shrub species was also affected by game management, the direction of the effect depended on region. Overall, game management did not have a consistently negative effect on species of conservation concern, with the abundance of butterflies and richness of ancient woodland indicator species unaffected by game management. We suggest that the effect of game management on ride communities is benign and that factors other than those directly examined in this study (such as deer browsing) also need to be considered by woodland managers. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.
英文关键词	Ancient woodland indicator species; Butterfly conservation; Game management; Phasianus colchicus; Woodland rides
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Forestry; Wood; Butterfly conservations; Game management; Indicator species; Phasianus colchicus; Woodland rides; Conservation; abundance; butterfly; deer; human activity; open space; ruderal; shrub; soil nutrient; species conservation; woodland; Conservation; Control Systems; Forestry; Management; Pens; Release; Vehicles; Wood; Cervidae; Papilionoidea; Phasianidae; Phasianus colchicus
来源期刊	Forest Ecology and Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/155701
作者单位	The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Burgate Manor, Fordingbridge, Hampshire SP6 1EF, United Kingdom; Centre for Wildlife Assessment and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences, Harborne Building, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AS, United Kingdom; The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Capstick L.A.,Draycott R.A.H.,Wheelwright C.M.,et al. The effect of game management on the conservation value of woodland rides[J],2019,454.
APA	Capstick L.A.,Draycott R.A.H.,Wheelwright C.M.,Ling D.E.,Sage R.B.,&Hoodless A.N..(2019).The effect of game management on the conservation value of woodland rides.Forest Ecology and Management,454.
MLA	Capstick L.A.,et al."The effect of game management on the conservation value of woodland rides".Forest Ecology and Management 454(2019).