Cattle grazing, raptor abundance and small mammal communities in Mediterranean grasslands

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 565-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio Torre ◽  
Mario Díaz ◽  
Jesús Martínez-Padilla ◽  
Raúl Bonal ◽  
Javier Viñuela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Cattle Grazing ◽  
Mediterranean Grasslands ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Mammal Communities

scholarly journals Effects of cattle grazing on small mammal communities in the Hulunber meadow steppe

PeerJ ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. e2349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chan Cao ◽  
Ling-Ying Shuai ◽  
Xiao-Ping Xin ◽  
Zhi-Tao Liu ◽  
Yan-Ling Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammals ◽  
Small Mammal ◽  
Grazing Intensity ◽  
Cattle Grazing ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Meadow Steppe ◽  
Grazing Intensities ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Four Levels ◽  
Mammal Communities

Small mammals play important roles in many ecosystems, and understanding their response to disturbances such as cattle grazing is fundamental for developing sustainable land use strategies. However, how small mammals respond to cattle grazing remains controversial. A potential cause is that most of previous studies adopt rather simple experimental designs based solely on the presence/absence of grazing, and are thus unable to detect any complex relationships between diversity and grazing intensity. In this study, we conducted manipulated experiments in the Hulunber meadow steppe to survey small mammal community structures under four levels of grazing intensities. We found dramatic changes in species composition in native small mammal communities when grazing intensity reached intermediate levels (0.46 animal unit/ha). As grazing intensity increased,Spermophilus dauricusgradually became the single dominant species. Species richness and diversity of small mammals in ungrazed and lightly grazed (0.23 animal unit/ha) area were much higher than in intermediately and heavily grazed area. We did not detect a humped relationship between small mammal diversity and disturbance levels predicted by the intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH). Our study highlighted the necessity of conducting manipulated experiments under multiple grazing intensities.

Small mammal communities in forest ecosystems affected by urbanization

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 490-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. F. Chernousova ◽  
O. V. Tolkach ◽  
O. E. Dobrotvorskaya
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Mammal Communities

scholarly journals Context-Dependent Effects of Largewildlife Declines on Small-Mammal Communities in Central Kenya

2015 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-160
Author(s):  
Hillary S. Young ◽  
Douglas J. McCauley ◽  
Rodolfo Dirzo ◽  
Jacob R. Goheen ◽  
Bernard Agwanda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Context Dependent ◽  
Mammal Communities ◽  
Central Kenya

Changes in small mammal communities after logging in north-central Ontario

1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 970-980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur M. Martell
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammals ◽  
Small Mammal ◽  
Vegetative Cover ◽  
North Central ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Clear Cutting ◽  
Small Mammal Community ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Mammal Community ◽  
Mammal Communities

Changes in small mammal communities following logging were monitored in clear-cut and strip-cut upland black spruce (Picea mariana) stands and in selectively cut mixed wood stands in north-central Ontario. Clear-cutting and subsequent scarification essentially eliminated the vegetative cover. Much of the ground cover recovered within 5 years and shrubs within 12 years, but mosses and lichens took much longer. The small mammal community in both clear-cut and strip-cut stands changed over the first three years after logging from one dominated by southern red-backed voles (Clethrionomys gapperi) to one dominated by deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and then remained relatively stable for up to 13 years after harvest. That shift was not apparent in selectively cut mixed wood stands where the composition of the small mammal community was similar between uncut stands and stands 4–23 years after harvest. There was relatively little change in total numbers of small mammals after logging. In general, the diversity and evenness of small mammals increased or remained stable in the first 1–3 years following harvest, decreased on older (3–16 years) cuts, and then increased to values similar to those in uncut stands on the oldest (19–23 years) cuts.

The effects of various forest uses on small mammal communities in Sarawak, Malaysia

2006 ◽  
Vol 231 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 55-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michiko Nakagawa ◽  
Hideo Miguchi ◽  
Tohru Nakashizuka
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Mammal Communities

Patterns in the structure of Asian and North American desert small mammal communities

1999 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 825-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Kelt ◽  
Kontantin Rogovin ◽  
Georgy Shenbrot ◽  
James H. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
North American ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Mammal Communities

Effects of Fragmentation of Araucarian Vine Forest on Small Mammal Communities

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1075-1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyn M. Bentley ◽  
Carla P. Catterall ◽  
Geoffrey C. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Mammal Communities

scholarly journals Effects of Fire on Bird and Small Mammal Communities in the Grasslands of Wind Cave National Park

1981 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 106-110
Author(s):  
D. Shown ◽  
N. Sloan
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
National Park ◽  
Prescribed Burning ◽  
Grassland Community ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Mammal Communities

Wind Cave National Park initiated a prescribed burning program in 1972. Yearly burns have been conducted since to evaluate the effects of fire on the park biota. This project was begun to study what effects burning is having on bird and small mammal populations within the grassland community.

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