Rehabilitation of Nothofagus pumilio forests in Chilean Patagonia: can fencing and planting season effectively protect against exotic European hare browsing?

Autores
Huertas Herrera, Alejandro; Promis Baeza, Alvaro Andres; Toro Manríquez, Mónica del Rosario; Lencinas, María Vanessa; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José; Río, Matias
Año de publicación
2022
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In forests affected by heavy fires and continuous grazing of exotic herbivorous mammal species, Nothofagus pumilio (lenga) cannot recover naturally. The main factors that hinder the natural recovery of these forests and the feasibility of native tree plantations are the exotic herbivorous pressure, like that produced by Lepus europaeus (European hare), and the environment degradation degree by anthropic disturbances. The objective of this study was to evaluate different plantation efforts to recover N. pumilio forests degraded by fires in Chilean Patagonia. The plantation actions also included wire fences for sapling protection in 100 ha, where 60 ha were established during autumn (May 2012), and 40 ha were established during spring (October 2012). In March 2013 we recorded the height annual growth (cm year−1), the section browsed at each sapling, the modification of plant form (number of new branches), and the vigor expression. We evaluated the data using one- and two-way ANOVAs, Cohen's d effect size, and chi-square analyses. We measured a total of 872 plants, where 42% presented damages caused by European hare browsing. These results indicated that the wire fences were not completely useful to stop the damage on saplings (Cohen's d effect size= <0.2). We also found that autumn plantations were more susceptible to damage than those established during spring. European hares predominantly browsed on a particular sapling section: the apical buds. As a consequence, the browsed saplings had lower height growth than undamaged ones. These outputs highlight the need to explore and implement alternative actions for the rehabilitation of these degraded deciduous forests, to achieve the objectives of sustainable management or to recover the natural ecosystem functions.
Fil: Huertas Herrera, Alejandro. Ulterarius Consultores Ambientales y Científicos Ltda; Chile. Universidad de Magallanes; Chile. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Promis Baeza, Alvaro Andres. Universidad de Chile; Chile
Fil: Toro Manríquez, Mónica del Rosario. Universidad de Magallanes; Chile. Ulterarius Consultores Ambientales y Científicos Ltda; Chile. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Lencinas, María Vanessa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
Fil: Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
Fil: Río, Matias. Fundación Reforestemos Patagonia; Chile
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NATIVE TREE PLANTATIONS
SAPLINGS
WIRE FENCES
HERBIVORY CONTROL
LEPUS EUROPAEUS
AYSÉN REGION
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spelling Rehabilitation of Nothofagus pumilio forests in Chilean Patagonia: can fencing and planting season effectively protect against exotic European hare browsing?Huertas Herrera, AlejandroPromis Baeza, Alvaro AndresToro Manríquez, Mónica del RosarioLencinas, María VanessaMartínez Pastur, Guillermo JoséRío, MatiasNATIVE TREE PLANTATIONSSAPLINGSWIRE FENCESHERBIVORY CONTROLLEPUS EUROPAEUSAYSÉN REGIONhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4In forests affected by heavy fires and continuous grazing of exotic herbivorous mammal species, Nothofagus pumilio (lenga) cannot recover naturally. The main factors that hinder the natural recovery of these forests and the feasibility of native tree plantations are the exotic herbivorous pressure, like that produced by Lepus europaeus (European hare), and the environment degradation degree by anthropic disturbances. The objective of this study was to evaluate different plantation efforts to recover N. pumilio forests degraded by fires in Chilean Patagonia. The plantation actions also included wire fences for sapling protection in 100 ha, where 60 ha were established during autumn (May 2012), and 40 ha were established during spring (October 2012). In March 2013 we recorded the height annual growth (cm year−1), the section browsed at each sapling, the modification of plant form (number of new branches), and the vigor expression. We evaluated the data using one- and two-way ANOVAs, Cohen's d effect size, and chi-square analyses. We measured a total of 872 plants, where 42% presented damages caused by European hare browsing. These results indicated that the wire fences were not completely useful to stop the damage on saplings (Cohen's d effect size= <0.2). We also found that autumn plantations were more susceptible to damage than those established during spring. European hares predominantly browsed on a particular sapling section: the apical buds. As a consequence, the browsed saplings had lower height growth than undamaged ones. These outputs highlight the need to explore and implement alternative actions for the rehabilitation of these degraded deciduous forests, to achieve the objectives of sustainable management or to recover the natural ecosystem functions.Fil: Huertas Herrera, Alejandro. Ulterarius Consultores Ambientales y Científicos Ltda; Chile. Universidad de Magallanes; Chile. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Promis Baeza, Alvaro Andres. Universidad de Chile; ChileFil: Toro Manríquez, Mónica del Rosario. Universidad de Magallanes; Chile. Ulterarius Consultores Ambientales y Científicos Ltda; Chile. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Lencinas, María Vanessa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; ArgentinaFil: Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; ArgentinaFil: Río, Matias. Fundación Reforestemos Patagonia; ChileSpringer2022-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/194199Huertas Herrera, Alejandro; Promis Baeza, Alvaro Andres; Toro Manríquez, Mónica del Rosario; Lencinas, María Vanessa; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José; et al.; Rehabilitation of Nothofagus pumilio forests in Chilean Patagonia: can fencing and planting season effectively protect against exotic European hare browsing?; Springer; New Forests; 53; 3; 5-2022; 469-4850169-42861573-5095CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11056-021-09867-winfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s11056-021-09867-winfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:00:29Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/194199instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:00:29.646CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Rehabilitation of Nothofagus pumilio forests in Chilean Patagonia: can fencing and planting season effectively protect against exotic European hare browsing?
title Rehabilitation of Nothofagus pumilio forests in Chilean Patagonia: can fencing and planting season effectively protect against exotic European hare browsing?
spellingShingle Rehabilitation of Nothofagus pumilio forests in Chilean Patagonia: can fencing and planting season effectively protect against exotic European hare browsing?
Huertas Herrera, Alejandro
NATIVE TREE PLANTATIONS
SAPLINGS
WIRE FENCES
HERBIVORY CONTROL
LEPUS EUROPAEUS
AYSÉN REGION
title_short Rehabilitation of Nothofagus pumilio forests in Chilean Patagonia: can fencing and planting season effectively protect against exotic European hare browsing?
title_full Rehabilitation of Nothofagus pumilio forests in Chilean Patagonia: can fencing and planting season effectively protect against exotic European hare browsing?
title_fullStr Rehabilitation of Nothofagus pumilio forests in Chilean Patagonia: can fencing and planting season effectively protect against exotic European hare browsing?
title_full_unstemmed Rehabilitation of Nothofagus pumilio forests in Chilean Patagonia: can fencing and planting season effectively protect against exotic European hare browsing?
title_sort Rehabilitation of Nothofagus pumilio forests in Chilean Patagonia: can fencing and planting season effectively protect against exotic European hare browsing?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Huertas Herrera, Alejandro
Promis Baeza, Alvaro Andres
Toro Manríquez, Mónica del Rosario
Lencinas, María Vanessa
Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
Río, Matias
author Huertas Herrera, Alejandro
author_facet Huertas Herrera, Alejandro
Promis Baeza, Alvaro Andres
Toro Manríquez, Mónica del Rosario
Lencinas, María Vanessa
Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
Río, Matias
author_role author
author2 Promis Baeza, Alvaro Andres
Toro Manríquez, Mónica del Rosario
Lencinas, María Vanessa
Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
Río, Matias
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv NATIVE TREE PLANTATIONS
SAPLINGS
WIRE FENCES
HERBIVORY CONTROL
LEPUS EUROPAEUS
AYSÉN REGION
topic NATIVE TREE PLANTATIONS
SAPLINGS
WIRE FENCES
HERBIVORY CONTROL
LEPUS EUROPAEUS
AYSÉN REGION
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In forests affected by heavy fires and continuous grazing of exotic herbivorous mammal species, Nothofagus pumilio (lenga) cannot recover naturally. The main factors that hinder the natural recovery of these forests and the feasibility of native tree plantations are the exotic herbivorous pressure, like that produced by Lepus europaeus (European hare), and the environment degradation degree by anthropic disturbances. The objective of this study was to evaluate different plantation efforts to recover N. pumilio forests degraded by fires in Chilean Patagonia. The plantation actions also included wire fences for sapling protection in 100 ha, where 60 ha were established during autumn (May 2012), and 40 ha were established during spring (October 2012). In March 2013 we recorded the height annual growth (cm year−1), the section browsed at each sapling, the modification of plant form (number of new branches), and the vigor expression. We evaluated the data using one- and two-way ANOVAs, Cohen's d effect size, and chi-square analyses. We measured a total of 872 plants, where 42% presented damages caused by European hare browsing. These results indicated that the wire fences were not completely useful to stop the damage on saplings (Cohen's d effect size= <0.2). We also found that autumn plantations were more susceptible to damage than those established during spring. European hares predominantly browsed on a particular sapling section: the apical buds. As a consequence, the browsed saplings had lower height growth than undamaged ones. These outputs highlight the need to explore and implement alternative actions for the rehabilitation of these degraded deciduous forests, to achieve the objectives of sustainable management or to recover the natural ecosystem functions.
Fil: Huertas Herrera, Alejandro. Ulterarius Consultores Ambientales y Científicos Ltda; Chile. Universidad de Magallanes; Chile. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Promis Baeza, Alvaro Andres. Universidad de Chile; Chile
Fil: Toro Manríquez, Mónica del Rosario. Universidad de Magallanes; Chile. Ulterarius Consultores Ambientales y Científicos Ltda; Chile. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Lencinas, María Vanessa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
Fil: Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
Fil: Río, Matias. Fundación Reforestemos Patagonia; Chile
description In forests affected by heavy fires and continuous grazing of exotic herbivorous mammal species, Nothofagus pumilio (lenga) cannot recover naturally. The main factors that hinder the natural recovery of these forests and the feasibility of native tree plantations are the exotic herbivorous pressure, like that produced by Lepus europaeus (European hare), and the environment degradation degree by anthropic disturbances. The objective of this study was to evaluate different plantation efforts to recover N. pumilio forests degraded by fires in Chilean Patagonia. The plantation actions also included wire fences for sapling protection in 100 ha, where 60 ha were established during autumn (May 2012), and 40 ha were established during spring (October 2012). In March 2013 we recorded the height annual growth (cm year−1), the section browsed at each sapling, the modification of plant form (number of new branches), and the vigor expression. We evaluated the data using one- and two-way ANOVAs, Cohen's d effect size, and chi-square analyses. We measured a total of 872 plants, where 42% presented damages caused by European hare browsing. These results indicated that the wire fences were not completely useful to stop the damage on saplings (Cohen's d effect size= <0.2). We also found that autumn plantations were more susceptible to damage than those established during spring. European hares predominantly browsed on a particular sapling section: the apical buds. As a consequence, the browsed saplings had lower height growth than undamaged ones. These outputs highlight the need to explore and implement alternative actions for the rehabilitation of these degraded deciduous forests, to achieve the objectives of sustainable management or to recover the natural ecosystem functions.
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