NDLI: Road and Rail Side Vegetation Management Implications of Habitat Use by Moose Relative to Brush Cutting Season

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Author	Rea, Roy V. Child, Kenneth N. Spata, David P. MacDonald, Douglas
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Plants cut at different times produce resprouts that vary in their nutritional value relative to when they are cut. To determine how vegetation management in transportation (road and rail) corridors at different times of the year could influence browse quality in the years following cutting, and how this could potentially influence encounters between herbivores and vehicles, we undertook a 3-year study. In 2001, at a wildlife viewing area near Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, we established a control area and treatment areas where shrubs and trees that are used as food by moose (Alces alces) were cut at the beginning of June, July, August, September, and October. In the fall, moose were most often observed browsing the resprouts of plants cut in August (years 1 and 2 post-treatment) and September (year 3). Cumulative winter track counts were highest in the uncut control area in the years following cutting. Spring pellet counts revealed that most pellets were deposited in the uncut (years 1 and 2) and August-cut (year 3) areas during winter. With the exception of the first year after cutting, browse removal by moose was highest for plants cut later in the growing season. Overall, our findings suggest that following cutting, plants cut later in the year are selected more often by moose relative to those cut earlier. To reduce browse use of corridor vegetation in areas where concerns for moose-vehicle collisions exist, we recommend that vegetation maintenance activities be conducted in the early summer months of June and July.
Starting Page	101
Ending Page	109
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0364152X
Journal	Environmental Management
Volume Number	46
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	14321009
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2010-05-17
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Brush-cutting Forage Moose Plant quality Selection Vegetation management Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution Forestry Management Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution Nature Conservation Ecology Environmental Management
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Pollution Global and Planetary Change

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