Relative importance of early-successional forests and shrubland habitats to mammals in the northeastern United States
Publication Date
2003
Journal or Book Title
Forest Ecology And Management
Abstract
The majority of the 60 native terrestrial mammal species that reside in the northeastern United States (US) utilize resources from several habitats on a seasonal basis. However, as many as 20 species demonstrate some preference for early-successional forests, shrublands, or old-field habitats. A few of these (e.g. lagomorphs) can be considered obligate users of these habitats, and the specialist carnivores (e.g. felids) that prey on them may consequently also prefer such habitats. Other mammal species that prefer these habitats certainly depend on them to lesser and varying degrees; thus, the consequences of reducing or eliminating early-successional forests, shrublands, or old-field habitats across the landscape will likely have varying demographic consequences, and thus importance, to those species.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00247-0
Volume
185
Issue
1-2
Pages
75-79
Recommended Citation
Fuller, TK and DeStefano, S, "Relative importance of early-successional forests and shrubland habitats to mammals in the northeastern United States" (2003). Forest Ecology And Management. 98.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00247-0