Tree size, microhabitat diversity and landscape structure determine the value of isolated trees for bats in farmland
Isolated trees are increasingly recognised as playing a vital role in supporting biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, yet their occurrence has declined substantially in recent decades. Most bats in Europe are tree-dependent species that rely on woody elements in order to persist in farmlands. Ho...
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ftunivstirling:oai:dspace.stir.ac.uk:1893/33946 2023-05-15T15:37:50+02:00 Tree size, microhabitat diversity and landscape structure determine the value of isolated trees for bats in farmland Froidevaux, Jérémy S P Laforge, Alexis Larrieu, Laurent Barbaro, Luc Park, Kirsty Fialas, Penelope C Jones, Gareth Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council University of Bristol Toulouse University, France Biological and Environmental Sciences orcid:0000-0001-6850-4879 orcid:0000-0001-6080-7197 2022-03 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1893/33946 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109476 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/33946/1/suppMaterialBC.pdf http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/33946/2/1-s2.0-S0006320722000295-main.pdf en eng Elsevier BV Froidevaux JSP, Laforge A, Larrieu L, Barbaro L, Park K, Fialas PC & Jones G (2022) Tree size, microhabitat diversity and landscape structure determine the value of isolated trees for bats in farmland. Biological Conservation, 267, Art. No.: 109476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109476 109476 http://hdl.handle.net/1893/33946 doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109476 WOS:000791843100009 2-s2.0-85124192444 1795400 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/33946/1/suppMaterialBC.pdf http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/33946/2/1-s2.0-S0006320722000295-main.pdf This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You are not required to obtain permission to reuse this article. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 2022-02-11 CC-BY Acoustic sampling Agricultural landscapes Bat conservation Landscape heterogeneity Remnant trees Scattered trees Journal Article VoR - Version of Record 2022 ftunivstirling https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109476 2022-06-13T18:44:36Z Isolated trees are increasingly recognised as playing a vital role in supporting biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, yet their occurrence has declined substantially in recent decades. Most bats in Europe are tree-dependent species that rely on woody elements in order to persist in farmlands. However, isolated trees are rarely considered in conservation programs and landscape planning. Further investigations are therefore urgently required to identify which trees – based on both their intrinsic characteristics and their location in the landscape – are particularly important for bats. We acoustically surveyed 57 isolated trees for bats to determine the relative and interactive effects of size, tree-related microhabitat (TreM) diversity and surrounding landscape context on bat activity. Tall trees with large diameter at breast height and crown area positively influenced the activity of Pipistrellus pipistrellus and small Myotis bats (Myotis spp.) while smaller and thinner trees favoured M. myotis activity. The diversity of TreMs that can be used as roosts had a positive effect on (i) Barbastella barbastellus activity only when trees were relatively close (10% within 100 radius scale). The potential benefits of isolated trees for bats result from ecological mechanisms operating at both tree and landscape scales, underlining the crucial need for implementing a multi-scale approach in conservation programs. Maintaining the largest and most TreM-diversified trees located in the most heterogeneous agricultural landscapes will provide the greatest benefits. Article in Journal/Newspaper Barbastella barbastellus Pipistrellus pipistrellus University of Stirling: Stirling Digital Research Repository Biological Conservation 267 109476 |
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Acoustic sampling Agricultural landscapes Bat conservation Landscape heterogeneity Remnant trees Scattered trees Froidevaux, Jérémy S P Laforge, Alexis Larrieu, Laurent Barbaro, Luc Park, Kirsty Fialas, Penelope C Jones, Gareth Tree size, microhabitat diversity and landscape structure determine the value of isolated trees for bats in farmland |
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Isolated trees are increasingly recognised as playing a vital role in supporting biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, yet their occurrence has declined substantially in recent decades. Most bats in Europe are tree-dependent species that rely on woody elements in order to persist in farmlands. However, isolated trees are rarely considered in conservation programs and landscape planning. Further investigations are therefore urgently required to identify which trees – based on both their intrinsic characteristics and their location in the landscape – are particularly important for bats. We acoustically surveyed 57 isolated trees for bats to determine the relative and interactive effects of size, tree-related microhabitat (TreM) diversity and surrounding landscape context on bat activity. Tall trees with large diameter at breast height and crown area positively influenced the activity of Pipistrellus pipistrellus and small Myotis bats (Myotis spp.) while smaller and thinner trees favoured M. myotis activity. The diversity of TreMs that can be used as roosts had a positive effect on (i) Barbastella barbastellus activity only when trees were relatively close (10% within 100 radius scale). The potential benefits of isolated trees for bats result from ecological mechanisms operating at both tree and landscape scales, underlining the crucial need for implementing a multi-scale approach in conservation programs. Maintaining the largest and most TreM-diversified trees located in the most heterogeneous agricultural landscapes will provide the greatest benefits. |
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Froidevaux, Jérémy S P Laforge, Alexis Larrieu, Laurent Barbaro, Luc Park, Kirsty Fialas, Penelope C Jones, Gareth |
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Froidevaux, Jérémy S P Laforge, Alexis Larrieu, Laurent Barbaro, Luc Park, Kirsty Fialas, Penelope C Jones, Gareth |
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Tree size, microhabitat diversity and landscape structure determine the value of isolated trees for bats in farmland |
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Tree size, microhabitat diversity and landscape structure determine the value of isolated trees for bats in farmland |
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Tree size, microhabitat diversity and landscape structure determine the value of isolated trees for bats in farmland |
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Tree size, microhabitat diversity and landscape structure determine the value of isolated trees for bats in farmland |
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Tree size, microhabitat diversity and landscape structure determine the value of isolated trees for bats in farmland |
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tree size, microhabitat diversity and landscape structure determine the value of isolated trees for bats in farmland |
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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/33946 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109476 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/33946/1/suppMaterialBC.pdf http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/33946/2/1-s2.0-S0006320722000295-main.pdf |
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Barbastella barbastellus Pipistrellus pipistrellus |
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Froidevaux JSP, Laforge A, Larrieu L, Barbaro L, Park K, Fialas PC & Jones G (2022) Tree size, microhabitat diversity and landscape structure determine the value of isolated trees for bats in farmland. Biological Conservation, 267, Art. No.: 109476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109476 109476 http://hdl.handle.net/1893/33946 doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109476 WOS:000791843100009 2-s2.0-85124192444 1795400 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/33946/1/suppMaterialBC.pdf http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/33946/2/1-s2.0-S0006320722000295-main.pdf |
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