Blossey Bernd, Gorchov David L
Department of Natural Resources, Fernow Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Department of Biology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA.
AoB Plants. 2017 Nov 9;9(6):plx063. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plx063. eCollection 2017 Nov.
White-tailed deer are emblematic ungulates that, due to anthropogenic modification of landscapes, currently occur at elevated densities. Elevated deer densities often co-occur with non-native plants, but it is not known if plant invasions are a consequence of deer impacts or occur independent of deer impacts on ecosystems, or whether these two stressors are synergistic. A colloquium on 'Interactions of white-tailed deer and invasive plants in forests of eastern North America' explored these topics at the 2016 annual meeting of the Botanical Society of America. Nine of those presentations are published in this special issue of .
白尾鹿是具有代表性的有蹄类动物,由于景观的人为改造,目前其密度处于较高水平。鹿的高密度常常与非本土植物同时出现,但尚不清楚植物入侵是鹿影响的结果,还是独立于鹿对生态系统的影响而发生,或者这两种压力源是否具有协同作用。在2016年美国植物学会年会上,一场关于“北美东部森林中白尾鹿与入侵植物的相互作用”的学术讨论会探讨了这些主题。其中九篇报告发表在本期特刊上。