Landscape composition and vole outbreaks: evidence from an eight year study of Arvicola terrestris
International audience This study investigates the relationships between landscape composition and the population dynamics of the fossorial water vole Arvicola terrestris. Land use patterns were studied based on agricultural and forestry data from the French Ministry of Agriculture collected in 1955...
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ftunimontpellier:oai:HAL:hal-00342587v1 2024-02-11T10:05:51+01:00 Landscape composition and vole outbreaks: evidence from an eight year study of Arvicola terrestris Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth Pradier, Bernard Quéré, Jean-Pierre Giraudoux, Patrick Delattre, Pierre Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (UMR CBGP) Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud )-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro) Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249) (LCE) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC) Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC) 2000 https://hal.science/hal-00342587 en eng HAL CCSD Wiley hal-00342587 https://hal.science/hal-00342587 PRODINRA: 250154 EISSN: 1600-0587 Ecography https://hal.science/hal-00342587 Ecography, 2000, 23 (6), pp.659-668 MICROTUS-ARVALIS LAND-USE ABUNDANCE SCHERMAN [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2000 ftunimontpellier 2024-01-23T23:38:30Z International audience This study investigates the relationships between landscape composition and the population dynamics of the fossorial water vole Arvicola terrestris. Land use patterns were studied based on agricultural and forestry data from the French Ministry of Agriculture collected in 1955 and 1988. In the Massif Central. France, water vole populations were monitored from 1985 to 1993 by using index methods. Outbreaks of water vote populations occurred in many dispersed epicentres and spread suddenly and widely over > 7500 km(2). At a regional scale, the fluctuation lasts six years on average with an outbreak period lasting from two to three years. Density variation patterns are positively correlated with the proportion of permanent grassland to agricultural land. A high risk of outbreak is linked to a high proportion of permanent grassland (over 90%), whereas a low risk of outbreak is linked to a proportion of < 80%. Conversely. density variation patterns are negatively correlated with the proportion of temporary grassland to agricultural land and with the proportion of forest to total land in the western (major) part of the study area. Temporary grassland thus appears to be a marginal habitat for water voles and extensive forests could act as a brake on outbreaks. The increase in the area of permanent grassland from 1955 to 1988 was apparently the major cause of chronic high densities of water voles. Therefore. land use and landscape management could be one way to control water vole outbreaks. Article in Journal/Newspaper Microtus arvalis Université de Montpellier: HAL |
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MICROTUS-ARVALIS LAND-USE ABUNDANCE SCHERMAN [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth Pradier, Bernard Quéré, Jean-Pierre Giraudoux, Patrick Delattre, Pierre Landscape composition and vole outbreaks: evidence from an eight year study of Arvicola terrestris |
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International audience This study investigates the relationships between landscape composition and the population dynamics of the fossorial water vole Arvicola terrestris. Land use patterns were studied based on agricultural and forestry data from the French Ministry of Agriculture collected in 1955 and 1988. In the Massif Central. France, water vole populations were monitored from 1985 to 1993 by using index methods. Outbreaks of water vote populations occurred in many dispersed epicentres and spread suddenly and widely over > 7500 km(2). At a regional scale, the fluctuation lasts six years on average with an outbreak period lasting from two to three years. Density variation patterns are positively correlated with the proportion of permanent grassland to agricultural land. A high risk of outbreak is linked to a high proportion of permanent grassland (over 90%), whereas a low risk of outbreak is linked to a proportion of < 80%. Conversely. density variation patterns are negatively correlated with the proportion of temporary grassland to agricultural land and with the proportion of forest to total land in the western (major) part of the study area. Temporary grassland thus appears to be a marginal habitat for water voles and extensive forests could act as a brake on outbreaks. The increase in the area of permanent grassland from 1955 to 1988 was apparently the major cause of chronic high densities of water voles. Therefore. land use and landscape management could be one way to control water vole outbreaks. |
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Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (UMR CBGP) Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud )-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro) Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249) (LCE) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC) Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC) |
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Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth Pradier, Bernard Quéré, Jean-Pierre Giraudoux, Patrick Delattre, Pierre |
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Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth Pradier, Bernard Quéré, Jean-Pierre Giraudoux, Patrick Delattre, Pierre |
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Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth |
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Landscape composition and vole outbreaks: evidence from an eight year study of Arvicola terrestris |
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Landscape composition and vole outbreaks: evidence from an eight year study of Arvicola terrestris |
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Landscape composition and vole outbreaks: evidence from an eight year study of Arvicola terrestris |
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Landscape composition and vole outbreaks: evidence from an eight year study of Arvicola terrestris |
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Landscape composition and vole outbreaks: evidence from an eight year study of Arvicola terrestris |
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landscape composition and vole outbreaks: evidence from an eight year study of arvicola terrestris |
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Microtus arvalis |
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Microtus arvalis |
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EISSN: 1600-0587 Ecography https://hal.science/hal-00342587 Ecography, 2000, 23 (6), pp.659-668 |
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