caa a22 4500 475751892 CHVBK 20180406123526.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1026505412732 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1026505412732 Effects of simulated browsing on the growth of Austrocedrus chilensis saplings [Elektronische Daten] [María Relva, Luis Sancholuz] In the forests of Austrocedrus chilensis (D.Don) Florin et Boutleje (Cupressaceae) it is frequent to observe numerous mutilated and dwarfed saplings which have been browsed by domestic cattle and exotic deer. One way to assess the effects of browsing on plant growth is by simulating this process through defoliation. This study includes results from four years of artificial browsing at different intensities on A. chilensissaplings. Our objective was to evaluate the possible compensatory growth by A.chilensis. To that end we measured the effects of simulated browsing on the growth of saplings kept under two different experimental conditions, with and without water stress. Treatments were applied at the end of winter of 1993 and were repeated on 1994, 1995 and 1996. Treatments consisted in pruning and cutting. Neither cutting effects nor factors interactions were found. Pruning resulted in a reduction of saplings biomass of 44% and was only significant at the more intensive level. Watering produced saplings with five times more biomass, but the general response of A.chilensis to simulated browsing was the lack of compensation regardless the intensity of pruning or the quality of site. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Compensatory growth nationallicence Cupressaceae nationallicence Defoliation nationallicence Saplings nationallicence Temperate forests nationallicence Ungulates nationallicence Relva María aut Sancholuz Luis aut Plant Ecology Kluwer Academic Publishers 151/2(2000-12-01), 121-127 1385-0237 151:2<121 2000 151 11258 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026505412732 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026505412732 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Relva María aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sancholuz Luis aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Plant Ecology Kluwer Academic Publishers 151/2(2000-12-01), 121-127 1385-0237 151:2<121 2000 151 11258 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer