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DOI | 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.01.032 |
Small mammal abundance in Mediterranean Eucalyptus plantations: how shrub cover can really make a difference | |
Carrilho, Mailis1; Teixeira, Daniela1; Santos-Reis, Margarida1; Rosalino, Luis M.1,2,3 | |
2017-05-01 | |
发表期刊 | FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
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ISSN | 0378-1127 |
EISSN | 1872-7042 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 391 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Portugal |
英文摘要 | In the last decades production forests have expanded their range worldwide, and in many regions (e.g., southern Europe) Eucalyptus spp. have been the target species used by foresters. However, Eucalyptus characteristics and management intensity of its plantations may impose constraints to local wildlife, often considered highly harmful for wildlife. However, although Portugal and Spain encompass the widest Eucalyptus production forests in Europe, and the Mediterranean area is a biodiversity hotspot, no study has yet tested specifically the impact of this exotic forest inner structure on rodent's populations. Aiming to evaluate whether this negative influence of Eucalyptus stands' on wildlife was associated with any specific structural characteristics of plantations, we tested the effect of plantation's understory structure and homogeneity on small mammal abundance and population structure. Small mammal were live-trapped in autumn and spring in nine sampling sites in Eucalyptus plantations in central west Portugal, one km apart. By using a GLMM approach we detected that the percentage of shrub coverage was the main driver of small mammal abundance, although season (autumn) also showed a positive influence. Only for Crocidura russula we detected an influence of stands homogeneity in population structure, with a sex-ratio variation according to edge distance. Thus, our study clearly indicates that by maintaining an understory layer within exotic Eucalypus plantations, managers may assure that these anthropic environments may still support an abundant small mammal community, thus contributing to the preservation of key ecosystems functions. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Rodents Insectivores Portugal Management intensity Production forests Understory structure |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000399511500026 |
WOS关键词 | UNDERSTORY VEGETATION ; APODEMUS-SYLVATICUS ; HABITAT ; BIODIVERSITY ; MANAGEMENT ; COMMUNITY ; DYNAMICS ; RODENT ; CONSERVATION ; DIVERSITY |
WOS类目 | Forestry |
WOS研究方向 | Forestry |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/23383 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Lisbon, Fac Ciencias, cE3c, P-1749016 Lisbon, Portugal; 2.Univ Aveiro, CESAM, Campus Univ Santiago, P-3810193 Aveiro, Portugal; 3.Univ Aveiro, Dept Biol, Campus Univ Santiago, P-3810193 Aveiro, Portugal |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Carrilho, Mailis,Teixeira, Daniela,Santos-Reis, Margarida,et al. Small mammal abundance in Mediterranean Eucalyptus plantations: how shrub cover can really make a difference[J]. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,2017,391. |
APA | Carrilho, Mailis,Teixeira, Daniela,Santos-Reis, Margarida,&Rosalino, Luis M..(2017).Small mammal abundance in Mediterranean Eucalyptus plantations: how shrub cover can really make a difference.FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,391. |
MLA | Carrilho, Mailis,et al."Small mammal abundance in Mediterranean Eucalyptus plantations: how shrub cover can really make a difference".FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 391(2017). |
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