Attempts to divert bark-stripping of spruce Picea abies by red deer Cervus elaphus from standing trees to felled logs and pruned trunks, Entenpfuhl and Neupfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Published source details
Ueckermann E. (1981) Versuche zur Ablenkung der Schäle des Rotwildes (Cervus elaphus L.) von stehenden auf liegende Fichtenstämme, auf aufgeastete Fichtenstämme und auf aufgeastete Stämme auf Rückeschneisen . Zeitschrift für Jagdwissenschaft, 27, 175-189.
Published source details Ueckermann E. (1981) Versuche zur Ablenkung der Schäle des Rotwildes (Cervus elaphus L.) von stehenden auf liegende Fichtenstämme, auf aufgeastete Fichtenstämme und auf aufgeastete Stämme auf Rückeschneisen . Zeitschrift für Jagdwissenschaft, 27, 175-189.
Summary
To reduce the loss of spruce trees Picea abies through heavy bark-stripping by red deer Cervus elaphus, tests to divert the bark stripping from standing trees to felled trunks and pruned trunks of trees (to be removed during tree thinning, and along forestry tracks), were carried out in in the forestry districts of Entenpfuhl and Neupfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate (western Germany) between 1970 and 1978. During the trials red deer density was around 4 animals/100 ha.
Pruned trunks along forestry tracks: Tests that were carried out between 1973 and 1978. Trunks of 10- to 21-year-old spruce trees along tracks in eight areas were pruned (700-800 trunks). The percentage of bark stripped was compared to that of the unpruned trunks in summer and winter of each year.
Pruned trunks along forestry tracks: In winter, between 5% and 40% of pruned trunks suffered bark-stripping compared to under 5% on unpruned trees. In summer however, bark-stripping was much less (never exceeding 17%) being under 5% in most years, the same as observed on unprined trees.
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