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Grid-based inventories of 1,924 deciduous forests plots in Germa- ny and 4,775 in Romania were used to investigate tree species composition as affected by browsing and grazing under different forest management (ro- tation forestry, selectively cut forest, protected forest). At regional scale, the loss of tree species in the dominant layer was between 52 to 67% in Germa- ny and of 10 to 30% in Romania, with largest effects in protected nature re- serves in Germany. At plot level, only 50% (Germany) to 54% (Romania) of canopy species were found in the regeneration layer with a height of 1.5 m. Browsing was influenced by the proportion of Fagus in the regenerating trees in Germany, and by stand density, basal area, and management in both regions. Structural equation modeling explained 11 to 26% of the variance in species loss based on the fresh loss of the terminal bud in the winter prior to the inventory work (one season browsing). Browsing (and grazing in Romania) is shown to be a significant cause of species loss across both countries and all management types. Potential cascading effects on other or- ganisms of deciduous forest ecosystems are discussed. We conclude that the present hunting practices that support overabundant ungulate populations constitute a major threat to the biodiversity of deciduous forests in Germany and Romania and to other places with similar ungulate management, and that changes my only be possible by modernizing the legal framework of hunting. Keywords selectively cut forest; age-class forest; protected unmanaged fo- rest; roe deer; tree species diversity; forest regeneration, community dyna- mics, deciduous forest.

annals of forest research

Ungulate browsing causes species loss in deciduous forests independent of community dynamics and silvicultural management in Central and Southeastern Europe