Responses of small mammals to habitat characteristics in Southern Carpathian forests

Abstract Compared to Northern Carpathians, the small mammal fauna of Southern Carpathian forests is poorly known, with no data on habitat use; our study seeks to fill this gap. To this end, we conducted a survey in the Southern Carpathians for five years, assessing habitat use by small mammals in fo...

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Autores principales:	Ana Maria Benedek, Ioan Sîrbu, Anamaria Lazăr
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:08328582b2cc47879b26bf5d3ed43af62021-12-02T17:34:31ZResponses of small mammals to habitat characteristics in Southern Carpathian forests10.1038/s41598-021-91488-62045-2322https://doaj.org/article/08328582b2cc47879b26bf5d3ed43af62021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91488-6https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Compared to Northern Carpathians, the small mammal fauna of Southern Carpathian forests is poorly known, with no data on habitat use; our study seeks to fill this gap. To this end, we conducted a survey in the Southern Carpathians for five years, assessing habitat use by small mammals in forests along an elevational gradient. Trapping was done using live traps set in transects at elevations between 820 and 2040 m. For each transect we evaluated variables related to vegetation structure, habitat complexity, and geographical location. We considered abundance, species composition and species richness as response variables. The rodents Apodemus flavicollis and Myodes glareolus and the shrew Sorex araneus were common and dominant. Their abundance were positively correlated with tree cover, the best explanatory variable. Responses to other variables were mixed. The strong divergence in the relative habitat use by the three most abundant species may act as a mechanism that enables their coexistence as dominant species, exploiting the same wide range of habitat resources. Overall, habitat use in our study area was similar to that reported from Northern Carpathians, but we found also important differences probably caused by the differences in latitude and forest management practices.Ana Maria BenedekIoan SîrbuAnamaria LazărNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
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description	Abstract Compared to Northern Carpathians, the small mammal fauna of Southern Carpathian forests is poorly known, with no data on habitat use; our study seeks to fill this gap. To this end, we conducted a survey in the Southern Carpathians for five years, assessing habitat use by small mammals in forests along an elevational gradient. Trapping was done using live traps set in transects at elevations between 820 and 2040 m. For each transect we evaluated variables related to vegetation structure, habitat complexity, and geographical location. We considered abundance, species composition and species richness as response variables. The rodents Apodemus flavicollis and Myodes glareolus and the shrew Sorex araneus were common and dominant. Their abundance were positively correlated with tree cover, the best explanatory variable. Responses to other variables were mixed. The strong divergence in the relative habitat use by the three most abundant species may act as a mechanism that enables their coexistence as dominant species, exploiting the same wide range of habitat resources. Overall, habitat use in our study area was similar to that reported from Northern Carpathians, but we found also important differences probably caused by the differences in latitude and forest management practices.
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title	Responses of small mammals to habitat characteristics in Southern Carpathian forests
title_short	Responses of small mammals to habitat characteristics in Southern Carpathian forests
title_full	Responses of small mammals to habitat characteristics in Southern Carpathian forests
title_fullStr	Responses of small mammals to habitat characteristics in Southern Carpathian forests
title_full_unstemmed	Responses of small mammals to habitat characteristics in Southern Carpathian forests
title_sort	responses of small mammals to habitat characteristics in southern carpathian forests
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Responses of small mammals to habitat characteristics in Southern Carpathian forests

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