Landscape and microhabitat features determine small mammal abundance in forest patches in agricultural landscapes.

ABSTRACT: Intensification of agricultural landscapes represent a major threat for biodiversity conservation also affecting several ecosystem services. The natural and semi-natural remnants, available in the agricultural matrix, represent important sites for small mammals and rodents, which are fundamental for sustaining various ecosystem functions and trophic chains. We studied the populations of two small mammals (Apodemus agrarius, A. sylvaticus) to evaluate the effects of landscape and habitat features on species abundance along a gradient of agricultural landscape intensification. The study was performed in Friuli Venezia Giulia (north-eastern Italy) during 19 months, in 19 wood remnants. Species abundance was determined using Capture-Mark-Recapture (CMR) techniques. In the same plots, ma

SUBMITTER: Dorigo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8603830 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature