Unimpressed by the Environment?-Local and Landscape Scale Effects on the Common Hamster in a Simple Agricultural Landscape.

ABSTRACT: Agricultural intensification causes significant species loss in agricultural landscapes. One species particularly affected is the critically endangered common hamster (Cricetus cricetus). To counteract hamster decline, it is essential to analyze scale-dependent factors that determine hamster occurrence and densities, especially in structurally simple landscapes. We mapped hamster burrows in the predominantly simple agricultural landscapes of Saxony-Anhalt, Central Germany. At the local scale, we studied the effects of the hamster protection measure of high cut harvest and common vole abundance as well as satellite-based vegetation indices. At the landscape scale, we studied the effects of landscape composition (percentage of winter cereals, oil seeds, uncultivated land, crop diversi

SUBMITTER: Stein P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12720141 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature