Impacts of a Flood on Small Mammal Populations of Lower Missouri River Floodplain Forests

The paper characterizes poplar (Populus alba, P. nigra) and white willow (Salix alba) forests of the Irtysh and the Black Irtysh river floodplain, together with the silvery salt tree (Halimodendron halodendron) community of the Black Irtysh river floodplain. The Black Irtysh floodplain willow and poplar forests are separated into a new alliance, Rubio dolichophyllae—Populion albae Taran all. nov. (Salicetalia purpureae Moor 1958, Salicetea purpureae Moor 1958), which includes the associations Rubio dolichophyllae—Populetum albae Taran 1997 and Rubio dolichophyllae—Salicetum albae Taran ass. nov. The Halimodendron halodendron community is probably related to the class Nerio-Tamaricetea Br.-Bl. et de Bolós 1958. White poplar forests in the Irtysh R. upper reaches, described within the Semipalatinsk city limits, belong to the association Heracleo dissecti—Populetum albae Taran 1997 and its subassociation H. d. —P. a. lamietosum albi Taran 1997 (Equiseto hyemalis—Populion nigrae Taran 1997, Salicetalia purpureae Moor 1958).

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Soil properties and growth of swamp white oak and pin oak on bedded soils in the lower Missouri River floodplain

Forest Ecology and Management ◽

10.1016/j.foreco.2004.09.014 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 204 (2-3) ◽

pp. 315-327 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

John M. Kabrick ◽

Daniel C. Dey ◽

J.W. Van Sambeek ◽

Michael Wallendorf ◽

Michael A. Gold

Keyword(s):

Soil Properties ◽

Missouri River ◽

White Oak ◽

River Floodplain ◽

Swamp White Oak

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The increasing scarcity of red oaks in Mississippi River floodplain forests: Influence of the residual overstory

Forest Ecology and Management ◽

10.1016/j.foreco.2005.02.036 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 210 (1-3) ◽

pp. 393-414 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Chadwick Dearing Oliver ◽

E.C. Burkhardt ◽

Daniel A. Skojac

Keyword(s):

Mississippi River ◽

Floodplain Forests ◽

River Floodplain ◽

Red Oaks

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Effects of moisture conditions on the small mammal communities of floodplain forests in south Moravia (Czech Republic)

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10.31298/sl.141.11-12.2 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 141 (11-12) ◽

pp. 557-562 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Josef Suchomel ◽

Jan Zejda ◽

Pavel Hadaš ◽

Marta Heroldová

Keyword(s):

Small Mammal ◽

Sorex Araneus ◽

Groundwater Table ◽

Myodes Glareolus ◽

Moisture Regime ◽

Floodplain Forests ◽

Herb Layer ◽

Apodemus Flavicollis ◽

Small Mammal Communities ◽

Mammal Communities

Changes of the moisture regime and its influence on the dominance of selected species of small mammal communities were studied in floodplain forests in southern Moravia (river Dyje). In period of typical floodplain regime characterized by groundwater table fluctuation (1968–1972, with high groundwater table level or floods in spring) dominance of Apodemus flavicollis (Mel.) was 42%, Myodes glareolus (Schreb.) 33% and Sorex araneus L. 15% of the total small mammal communities. In period 1982–1987 after cessation of floods by river regulation, rapid groundwater drop and changes in the herb layer, the dominance of Apodemus flavicollis and Myodes glareolus increased. Also the dominance of Apodemus sylvaticus (L.) increased, but that of Sorex araneus collapsed. Further revitalization measures were applied by systems of channels supplying the water to root system of forest trees but not to the herb layer. In 2002–2006 decreasing moisture condition further influenced the dominance of Apodemus flavicollis reaching mean dominance 62%, Myodes glareolus dominance decreased to 20% and that of Sorex araneus remain to be low. All estimated changes were correlated with moisture regime changes and were significant. Thus the changes in the forest moisture regime significantly affect the community of small terrestrial mammals.

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