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DOI | 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.04.052 |
Forest management and conservation of an elusive amphibian in the Alps: Habitat selection by the Golden Alpine Salamander reveals the importance of fine woody debris | |
Romano, Antonio1,2; Costa, Andrea3; Salvidio, Sebastiano3; Menegon, Michele2,4; Garollo, Elena2; de Fatis, Karol Tabarelli2; Miserocchi, Danio2; Matteucci, Giorgio1; Pedrini, Paolo2 | |
2018-09-15 | |
发表期刊 | FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT |
ISSN | 0378-1127 |
EISSN | 1872-7042 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 424页码:338-344 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Italy; England |
英文摘要 | Amphibians are declining worldwide and one of the major causes of such decline is habitat loss. Forestry practices have a primary role in causing habitat loss and fragmentation, detrimental to amphibians. We studied the ecological requirements of a fully terrestrial and threatened amphibian, the Golden Alpine Salamander Salamandra atra aurorae, which is endemic to a small portion of the Italian Alps. This rare and elusive salamander lives exclusively in forest environments and forestry practices are considered among its major threats. We employed both a capture-mark-recapture (CMR) and an occupancy approach in fifty 400 m(2) plots, within a managed mixed forest dominated by Norway spruce and to a lesser extent beech, and silver fir. Modelling salamander occupancy as a function of site-specific habitat features allowed us to understand the ecological requirements of this salamander and provide precise guidelines for forest management. The application of hierarchical models (occupancy) for evaluating forest management plans is highly effective, requires less effort and is a less impacting methodology than CMR performed by searching for salamanders under shelters also in non-optimal weather conditions. Distance from open pasture edges significantly affects the distribution of salamanders while, at a smaller scale, brushwood piles, classified as fine woody debris (FWD, diameter from 1 to 10 cm), play a key role in providing suitable habitat for this endangered amphibian. The importance of FWD in the conservation of small vertebrates is generally poorly studied and probably underestimated. However, our results show that FWD should be considered as an additional element that has to be managed to enhance habitat suitability for this and, intuitively, for other small forest vertebrates. |
英文关键词 | Amphibian conservation Brushwood piles Edge effect Endangered species Forest management Occupancy |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000437967900031 |
WOS关键词 | SPATIAL SCALES ; POPULATION ; ABUNDANCE ; COARSE ; ATRA ; PREDICTOR ; ECOLOGY ; HARVEST ; TRENDS |
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/23693 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.CNR, Ist Sistemi Agricoli & Forestali Mediterraneo, Via Patacca 85, I-80056 Ercolano, NA, Italy; 2.MUSE Museo Sci, Sez Zool Vertebrati, Corso Lavoro & Sci 3, I-38122 Trento, Italy; 3.Univ Genoa, Dipartimento Sci Terra Ambiente & Vita, Corso Europa 26, I-16132 Genoa, Italy; 4.Manchester Metropolitan Univ, Sch Sci & Environm, Div Biol & Conservat Ecol, Manchester, Lancs, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Romano, Antonio,Costa, Andrea,Salvidio, Sebastiano,et al. Forest management and conservation of an elusive amphibian in the Alps: Habitat selection by the Golden Alpine Salamander reveals the importance of fine woody debris[J]. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,2018,424:338-344. |
APA | Romano, Antonio.,Costa, Andrea.,Salvidio, Sebastiano.,Menegon, Michele.,Garollo, Elena.,...&Pedrini, Paolo.(2018).Forest management and conservation of an elusive amphibian in the Alps: Habitat selection by the Golden Alpine Salamander reveals the importance of fine woody debris.FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,424,338-344. |
MLA | Romano, Antonio,et al."Forest management and conservation of an elusive amphibian in the Alps: Habitat selection by the Golden Alpine Salamander reveals the importance of fine woody debris".FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 424(2018):338-344. |
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