Road-related landscape elements as a habitat: A main asset for small mammals in an intensive farming landscape
International audience Road construction creates new habitats for a variety of species. In intensive farming landscapes, road verges may be the only suitable habitat for rodents. However, little attention has been paid to other road-related landscape elements (RRLEs), such as excavation slopes or th...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.ys6vin 2023-05-15T17:12:32+02:00 Road-related landscape elements as a habitat: A main asset for small mammals in an intensive farming landscape Jumeau, Jonathan Boucharel, Pauline Handrich, Yves Burel, Francoise Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE-IPHC) Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC) Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Conseil Départemental du Bas-Rhin Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution Rennes (ECOBIO) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR)-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1) Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES) French Minister of Ecology CD67, Departmental Council of the Bas-Rhin 2017-01-01 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2017.09.013 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01677310 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier hal-01677310 doi:10.1016/j.baae.2017.09.013 10670/1.ys6vin https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01677310 undefined Hyper Article en Ligne - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société ISSN: 1439-1791 Basic and Applied Ecology Basic and Applied Ecology, Elsevier, 2017, 25, pp.15 - 27. ⟨10.1016/j.baae.2017.09.013⟩ envir archi Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2017 fttriple https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2017.09.013 2023-01-22T18:20:21Z International audience Road construction creates new habitats for a variety of species. In intensive farming landscapes, road verges may be the only suitable habitat for rodents. However, little attention has been paid to other road-related landscape elements (RRLEs), such as excavation slopes or the central islands of roundabouts, and their importance in a rodent territory. This study investigated all types of RRLE in terms of rodent abundances and habitat quality. RRLEs were compared with the semi-natural elements of the studied landscape using a capture-mark-recapture protocol. Four species and 3154 individuals were captured over a period of four months. Relative abundance and habitat quality were higher in RRLEs than in semi-natural elements. Mapping of the landscape showed that 86% of crop fields are accessible to Microtus arvalis (and almost 100% for Apodemus sylvaticus) from road verges. Our results highlight the importance of road verges and all other RRLEs in the conservation of species diversity in intensive farming landscapes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Microtus arvalis Unknown Basic and Applied Ecology 25 15 27 |
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International audience Road construction creates new habitats for a variety of species. In intensive farming landscapes, road verges may be the only suitable habitat for rodents. However, little attention has been paid to other road-related landscape elements (RRLEs), such as excavation slopes or the central islands of roundabouts, and their importance in a rodent territory. This study investigated all types of RRLE in terms of rodent abundances and habitat quality. RRLEs were compared with the semi-natural elements of the studied landscape using a capture-mark-recapture protocol. Four species and 3154 individuals were captured over a period of four months. Relative abundance and habitat quality were higher in RRLEs than in semi-natural elements. Mapping of the landscape showed that 86% of crop fields are accessible to Microtus arvalis (and almost 100% for Apodemus sylvaticus) from road verges. Our results highlight the importance of road verges and all other RRLEs in the conservation of species diversity in intensive farming landscapes. |
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Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE-IPHC) Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC) Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Conseil Départemental du Bas-Rhin Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution Rennes (ECOBIO) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR)-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1) Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES) French Minister of Ecology CD67, Departmental Council of the Bas-Rhin |
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Road-related landscape elements as a habitat: A main asset for small mammals in an intensive farming landscape |
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