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Slade A, White A, Lurz PW, Shuttleworth C, Tosh DG, Twining JP. Indirect effects of pine marten recovery result in benefits to native prey through suppression of an invasive species and a shared pathogen. Ecol Modell 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Henderson T, Fancourt BA, Rajaratnam R, Vernes K, Ballard G. Habitat use by the endangered spotted-tailed quoll in a fragmented landscape. MAMMAL RES 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-022-00660-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) is an endangered mesopredator endemic to Australia. It is generally considered a forest-dependent species associated with large, intact forested habitats. In Australia’s mainland, quoll research has typically been conducted in contiguous forest, and consequently, the species’ presumed forest-dependency might reflect sampling bias rather than preferred habitat niche. Recent studies have revealed that quolls also persist in fragmented agricultural landscapes, raising questions about their true habitat requirements and preferences. In this study, we investigated quoll habitat use within a fragmented agricultural landscape in mainland Australia. We deployed 42 lured camera traps to determine quoll habitat preferences across four broad vegetation types (open grassland, grassy woodland, dry sclerophyll forest, and wet sclerophyll forest) based on quoll activity and occupancy. Quolls were detected in all vegetation types, and quoll activity indicated a preference for dry sclerophyll forest and grassy woodlands, although this preference varied depending on the time of year. Our results suggest that quoll habitat use in mainland Australia is more flexible than previously assumed, and we recommend further research on factors that may influence habitat preference such as prey availability and seasonal behavior. Understanding the factors that drive habitat use by quolls outside of contiguous forested landscapes will inform and improve conservation and management strategies to ensure critical habitat for the species is protected and retained in an increasingly fragmented landscape.
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Density estimates reveal that fragmented landscapes provide important habitat for conserving an endangered mesopredator, the spotted-tailed quoll. Sci Rep 2022; 12:12688. [PMID: 35879340 PMCID: PMC9314389 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16982-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Native predators are increasingly exposed to habitat loss and fragmentation globally. When developing conservation and management strategies, it is important to determine whether fragmented landscapes can still support similar predator densities to intact areas, and thereby constitute important habitat for these species. The spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) is an endangered Australian mesopredator that is often considered to be forest-dependent. While quolls are known to occur in some fragmented forest landscapes, it is unclear whether these areas represent sub-optimal habitat where quolls merely persist, or whether quolls can still occur at densities similar to those observed in intact forest landscapes. We used camera traps to detect quolls in both a fragmented and intact forested site, over three years. We used each quoll’s unique pelage pattern to identify individual quolls and estimate population density at each site. We were able to assign more than 94% of quoll image sequences across both sites to identify 173 individuals during the study. Density estimates of 0.13–0.66 quolls per km2 at the fragmented site were comparable to estimates of 0.28–0.48 quolls per km2 at the intact site. Our results highlight the importance of retaining and protecting forest fragments for the conservation of endangered quoll populations.
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Dougherty ER, Seidel DP, Blackburn JK, Turner WC, Getz WM. A framework for integrating inferred movement behavior into disease risk models. MOVEMENT ECOLOGY 2022; 10:31. [PMID: 35871637 PMCID: PMC9310477 DOI: 10.1186/s40462-022-00331-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Movement behavior is an important contributor to habitat selection and its incorporation in disease risk models has been somewhat neglected. The habitat preferences of host individuals affect their probability of exposure to pathogens. If preference behavior can be incorporated in ecological niche models (ENMs) when data on pathogen distributions are available, then variation in such behavior may dramatically impact exposure risk. Here we use data from the anthrax endemic system of Etosha National Park, Namibia, to demonstrate how integrating inferred movement behavior alters the construction of disease risk maps. We used a Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) model that associated soil, bioclimatic, and vegetation variables with the best available pathogen presence data collected at anthrax carcass sites to map areas of most likely Bacillus anthracis (the causative bacterium of anthrax) persistence. We then used a hidden Markov model (HMM) to distinguish foraging and non-foraging behavioral states along the movement tracks of nine zebra (Equus quagga) during the 2009 and 2010 anthrax seasons. The resulting tracks, decomposed on the basis of the inferred behavioral state, formed the basis of step-selection functions (SSFs) that used the MaxEnt output as a potential predictor variable. Our analyses revealed different risks of exposure during different zebra behavioral states, which were obscured when the full movement tracks were analyzed without consideration of the underlying behavioral states of individuals. Pathogen (or vector) distribution models may be misleading with regard to the actual risk faced by host animal populations when specific behavioral states are not explicitly accounted for in selection analyses. To more accurately evaluate exposure risk, especially in the case of environmentally transmitted pathogens, selection functions could be built for each identified behavioral state and then used to assess the comparative exposure risk across relevant states. The scale of data collection and analysis, however, introduces complexities and limitations for consideration when interpreting results.
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- Eric R. Dougherty
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA USA
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- Spatial Epidemiology and Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA
- Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA USA
- School of Mathematical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Wereszczuk A, Hofmeester TR, Csanády A, Dumić T, Elmeros M, Lanszki J, Madsen AB, Müskens G, Papakosta MA, Popiołek M, Santos-Reis M, Zuberogoitia I, Zalewski A. Different increase rate in body mass of two marten species due to climate warming potentially reinforces interspecific competition. Sci Rep 2021; 11:24164. [PMID: 34921185 PMCID: PMC8683469 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03531-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Many species show spatial variation in body size, often associated with climatic patterns. Studying species with contrasting geographical patterns related to climate might help elucidate the role of different drivers. We analysed changes in the body mass of two sympatric medium-sized carnivores—pine marten (Martes martes) and stone marten (Martes foina)—across Europe over 59 years. The body mass of pine marten increased with decreasing latitude, whereas stone marten body mass varied in a more complex pattern across its geographic range. Over time, the average body mass of pine martens increased by 255 g (24%), while stone marten by 86 g (6%). The greatest increase of body mass along both martens’ geographic range was observed in central and southern Europe, where both species occur in sympatry. The body mass increase slowed down over time, especially in allopatric regions. The average pine/stone marten body mass ratio increased from 0.87 in 1960 to 0.99 in 2019, potentially strengthening the competition between them. Thus, a differential response in body size to several drivers over time might have led to an adaptive advantage for pine martens. This highlights the importance of considering different responses among interacting species when studying animal adaptation to climate change.
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- Anna Wereszczuk
- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland.
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- Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.,Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov, Prešov, Slovakia
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- Department of Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation, Karlovac University of Applied Sciences, Karlovac, Croatia
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- Department of Bioscience, Kalø, Aarhus University, Roende, Denmark
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- Carnivore Ecology Research Group, Szent István University, Kaposvár, Hungary
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- Department of Bioscience, Kalø, Aarhus University, Roende, Denmark
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- Animal Ecology Team, Environmental Sciences Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Lab of Wildlife & Freshwater Fisheries, Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, Orestiada, Greece
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- Department of Parasitology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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- Faculdade de Ciências, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland
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Henderson T, Fancourt BA, Rajaratnam R, Vernes K, Ballard G. Spatial and temporal interactions between endangered spotted‐tailed quolls and introduced red foxes in a fragmented landscape. J Zool (1987) 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- T. Henderson
- Ecosystem Management School of Environmental and Rural Science University of New England Armidale NSW Australia
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- Ecosystem Management School of Environmental and Rural Science University of New England Armidale NSW Australia
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- Geography and Planning School of Humanities and Social Science University of New England Armidale NSW Australia
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- Ecosystem Management School of Environmental and Rural Science University of New England Armidale NSW Australia
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- Ecosystem Management School of Environmental and Rural Science University of New England Armidale NSW Australia
- Vertebrate Pest Research Unit Department of Primary Industries University of New England Armidale NSW Australia
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Zalewska K, Waggershauser CN, Kortland K, Lambin X. The best defence is not being there: avoidance of larger carnivores is not driven by risk intensity. J Zool (1987) 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- K. Zalewska
- School of Biological Sciences University of Aberdeen Aberdeen UK
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- Forestry and Land Scotland Smithton, Inverness UK
- Cairngorms Connect Achantoul, Aviemore UK
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- School of Biological Sciences University of Aberdeen Aberdeen UK
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Twining JP, Mills C. Cooperative hunting in the yellow‐throated marten (
Martes flavigula
): Evidence for the not‐so‐solitary marten? Ecosphere 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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- Joshua P. Twining
- School of Biological Sciences Queen’s University 19 Chlorine Gardens BelfastBT9 5DLUK
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- Norfolk Birding Yew Tree Cottage Foxley Road, Themelthorpe NorfolkNR20 5PUUK
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Twining JP, Montgomery WI, Reid N, Marks N, Tosh DG, Scantlebury DM. All forests are not equal: population demographics and denning behaviour of a recovering small carnivore in human modified landscapes. WILDLIFE BIOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- Joshua P. Twining
- J. P. Twining (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-9665) ✉ , W. I. Montgomery, N. Reid, N. Marks and D. M. Scantlebury, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's Univ., Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, BT9 5DL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- J. P. Twining (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-9665) ✉ , W. I. Montgomery, N. Reid, N. Marks and D. M. Scantlebury, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's Univ., Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, BT9 5DL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- J. P. Twining (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-9665) ✉ , W. I. Montgomery, N. Reid, N. Marks and D. M. Scantlebury, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's Univ., Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, BT9 5DL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- J. P. Twining (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-9665) ✉ , W. I. Montgomery, N. Reid, N. Marks and D. M. Scantlebury, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's Univ., Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, BT9 5DL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- D. G. Tosh, National Museums Northern Ireland, Cultra, Northern Ireland, UK
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- J. P. Twining (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-9665) ✉ , W. I. Montgomery, N. Reid, N. Marks and D. M. Scantlebury, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's Univ., Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, BT9 5DL, Northern Ireland, UK
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Hancock MH, Klein D, Cowie NR. Guild‐level responses by mammalian predators to afforestation and subsequent restoration in a formerly treeless peatland landscape. Restor Ecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/rec.13167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Mark H. Hancock
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Centre for Conservation Science (CfCS) Inverness U.K
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- Forsinard Flows National Nature Reserve Forsinard Sutherland U.K
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Twining JP, Montgomery WI, Tosh DG. Declining invasive grey squirrel populations may persist in refugia as native predator recovery reverses squirrel species replacement. J Appl Ecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Joshua P. Twining
- School of Biological Sciences Queen's University of Belfast Belfast UK
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- School of Biological Sciences Queen's University of Belfast Belfast UK
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McNicol CM, Bavin D, Bearhop S, Bridges J, Croose E, Gill R, Goodwin CED, Lewis J, MacPherson J, Padfield D, Schofield H, Silk MJ, Tomlinson AJ, McDonald RA. Postrelease movement and habitat selection of translocated pine martens Martes martes. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:5106-5118. [PMID: 32551086 PMCID: PMC7297779 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Monitoring postrelease establishment and movement of animals is important in evaluating conservation translocations. We translocated 39 wild pine martens Martes martes (19 females, 20 males) from Scotland to Wales. We released them into forested areas with no conspecifics in 2015, followed by a second release in 2016, alongside the previously released animals. We used radio-tracking to describe postrelease movement and habitat selection. Six martens (15%) were not re-encountered during the tracking period, of which four undertook long-distance dispersal. For the remaining individuals, we characterized two phases of movement, "exploration" followed by "settlement," that differed between releases. In the first release, martens remained in exploration phase for a mean of 14.5 days (SE = 3.9 days) and settled at a mean distance of 8.7 km (SE = 1.8 km) from release sites, whereas martens released in year two, alongside resident conspecifics, traveled away from release sites at a faster rate, settling sooner, at a mean of 6.6 days (SE = 1.8 days), but further, at a mean distance of 14.0 km (SE = 1.7 km) from release sites. Animals released in year one did not exhibit habitat preferences overall but within forests they favored recently felled areas, whereas animals released in year two showed strong selection for forested habitat but did not discriminate between forest types. The presence of conspecifics appeared influential for settlement and site fidelity of translocated martens and was associated with more rapid but more distant dispersal of the later cohort. Releases of animals in close proximity appeared to promote site fidelity and rapid establishment of ranges in the recipient environment.
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- Environment and Sustainability InstituteUniversity of ExeterPenrynUK
- Vincent Wildlife TrustEastnorLedburyUK
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- Centre for Ecology and ConservationUniversity of ExeterPenrynUK
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- Forest ResearchAlice Holt LodgeFarnhamUK
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- Environment and Sustainability InstituteUniversity of ExeterPenrynUK
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- Environment and Sustainability InstituteUniversity of ExeterPenrynUK
- Centre for Ecology and ConservationUniversity of ExeterPenrynUK
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McNicol CM, Bavin D, Bearhop S, Ferryman M, Gill R, Goodwin CED, MacPherson J, Silk MJ, McDonald RA. Translocated native pine martens
Martes martes
alter short‐term space use by invasive non‐native grey squirrels
Sciurus carolinensis. J Appl Ecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Vincent Wildlife TrustBronsil Courtyard Eastnor, Ledbury UK
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation University of Exeter Penryn UK
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- Forest Research Alice Holt Lodge Farnham UK
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- Environment and Sustainability Institute University of Exeter Penryn UK
- Centre for Ecology and Conservation University of Exeter Penryn UK
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Eom TK, Hwang HS, Lee JK, Bae HK, Park CR, Lim JH, Rhim SJ. Effects of forestry practices on habitat variables and mammal abundance in a Japanese larch plantation. WILDLIFE BIOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- Tae-Kyung Eom
- T. K. Eom, H. S. Hwang, J. K. Lee, H. K. Bae and S. J. Rhim (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3098-1148) ✉ , School of Bioresource and Bioscience, Chung-Ang Univ., Ansung, South Korea
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- T. K. Eom, H. S. Hwang, J. K. Lee, H. K. Bae and S. J. Rhim (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3098-1148) ✉ , School of Bioresource and Bioscience, Chung-Ang Univ., Ansung, South Korea
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- T. K. Eom, H. S. Hwang, J. K. Lee, H. K. Bae and S. J. Rhim (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3098-1148) ✉ , School of Bioresource and Bioscience, Chung-Ang Univ., Ansung, South Korea
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- T. K. Eom, H. S. Hwang, J. K. Lee, H. K. Bae and S. J. Rhim (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3098-1148) ✉ , School of Bioresource and Bioscience, Chung-Ang Univ., Ansung, South Korea
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- C. R. Park Urban Forests Research Center, National Inst. of Forest Science, Seoul, South Korea
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- J. H. Lim Forest Ecology and Climate Change Division, National Inst. of Forest Science, Seoul, South Korea
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- T. K. Eom, H. S. Hwang, J. K. Lee, H. K. Bae and S. J. Rhim (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3098-1148) ✉ , School of Bioresource and Bioscience, Chung-Ang Univ., Ansung, South Korea
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Doyle JC, Sample DW, Long L, Van Deelen TR. Space Use and Habitat Selection of American Badgers (Taxidea Taxus) in Southwestern Wisconsin. AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 2019. [DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-182.1.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- James C. Doyle
- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin – Madison 53706
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- Science Services, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison 53716
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- Wildlife Management, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, 53716
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Balestrieri A, Mori E, Menchetti M, Ruiz‐González A, Milanesi P. Far from the madding crowd: Tolerance toward human disturbance shapes distribution and connectivity patterns of closely related
Martes
spp. POPUL ECOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/1438-390x.12001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of Florence Florence Italy
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Zoology LaboratoryUniversity of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) Vitoria‐Gasteiz Spain
- Systematics, Biogeography and Population Dynamics Research Group, Lascaray Research CenterUniversity of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) Vitoria‐Gasteiz Spain
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- Monitoring Department, Swiss Ornithological Institute Lucerne Switzerland
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Larroque J, Ruette S, Vandel J, Devillard S. Home-range size and fidelity of two sympatric Martes species. CAN J ZOOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2017-0290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Determining variation in home-range behavior and the factors shaping this variation is crucial to better understand the biology of species and thus improve their management and conservation. We investigated age and sex variations in the home-range and core-area sizes, as well as fidelity to home range, of the stone marten (Martes foina (Erxleben, 1777)) and the European pine marten (Martes martes (Linnaeus, 1758)) in a rural area (Bresse, France) over several seasons. As expected, pine martens had larger home ranges and core areas than stone martens. Sex differences were also evidenced in both species in accordance with the typical mustelid pattern of socio-spatial organization. Beyond these differences, we found that both species responded to seasonal changes by adjusting seasonally the locations rather than their home-range and core-area sizes, especially stone martens. This difference might come from the higher intensity of perturbation in the preferred habitat of stone martens (human buildings), which explains why stone martens showed lower fidelity than pine martens.
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- J. Larroque
- Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, UPAD, Montfort, F-01330 Birieux, France; Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France
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- Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, UPAD, Montfort, F-01330 Birieux, France
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- Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, UPAD, Montfort, F-01330 Birieux, France
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- Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France
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Weber D, Roth T, Tesini C, Thiel D. Widespread distribution of Pine martens (Martes martes) in a fragmented suburban landscape. MAMMAL RES 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-018-0363-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Habitat selection of European pine marten in Central Italy: from a tree dependent to a generalist species. MAMMAL RES 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-018-0374-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Zub K, Kozieł M, Siłuch M, Bednarczyk P, Zalewski A. The NATURA 2000 database as a tool in the analysis of habitat selection at large scales: factors affecting the occurrence of pine and stone martens in Southern Europe. EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-018-1168-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Ferreira AS, Le Pendu Y, Martinez RA. The use of a mixed rubber landscape by tufted-ear marmosets. Primates 2017; 59:293-300. [PMID: 29264765 DOI: 10.1007/s10329-017-0645-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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With the loss and fragmentation of tropical forests, the survival of primates depends on their ability to adapt to human-introduced modifications in their habitat. Marmosets are known for their ecological and behavioral plasticity and have been registered in various agricultural landscapes. Our goal was to describe the ecology of tufted-ear marmosets (Callithrix sp.) in a rubber/forest landscape, monitoring their use of habitat and diet. We followed two groups using radio telemetry and visual observations for nine months at the Michelin plantation Ltd. in Bahia, Brazil. Both groups used mainly pioneer forest and rubber with pioneer vegetation more than expected according to availability, even though they explored all types of vegetation. Rubber monocultures act as corridors for marmoset locomotion among more suitable habitats. Feeding, gummivory and socialization were mainly performed in the pioneer forest (with or without rubber), in which most sleeping sites and food sources were found. Groups of marmosets can incorporate agroforest matrixes to their area of use and activity patterns. Maintenance of marmosets in fragmented landscapes might be favored by their diet flexibility, with the use of resources such as gum and fruit, including exotic plants. Although known for their ecological flexibility, marmosets do require certain resources to be present in native habitat to adapt to agricultural landscapes. Patches of forest within a rubber landscape and pioneer vegetation in the rubber inter-rows should be considered to maintain populations of Callithrix in rubber landscapes.
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- Aluane S Ferreira
- Applied Ecology and Conservation Lab, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Rod. Jorge Amado km 16, Salobrinho, Ilhéus, Bahia, 45562-900, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, UESC, Rod. Jorge Amado km 16, Salobrinho, Ilhéus, Bahia, 45562-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, UESC, Rod. Jorge Amado km 16, Salobrinho, Ilhéus, Bahia, 45562-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, UESC, Rod. Jorge Amado km 16, Salobrinho, Ilhéus, Bahia, 45562-900, Brazil.
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Larroque J, Ruette S, Vandel JM, Devillard S. Level- and scale-dependent habitat selection for resting sites by 2 syntopic Martes species. J Mammal 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Non-invasively determined multi-site variation in pine marten Martes martes density, a recovering carnivore in Europe. EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-017-1108-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Biz M, Cornelius C, Metzger JPW. Matrix type affects movement behavior of a Neotropical understory forest bird. Perspect Ecol Conserv 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2017.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Pine marten density in lowland riparian woods: A test of the Random Encounter Model based on genetic data. Mamm Biol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2016.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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McHenry E, O'Reilly C, Sheerin E, Kortland K, Lambin X. Strong inference from transect sign surveys: combining spatial autocorrelation and misclassification occupancy models to quantify the detectability of a recovering carnivore. WILDLIFE BIOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Balestrieri A, Bogliani G, Boano G, Ruiz-González A, Saino N, Costa S, Milanesi P. Modelling the Distribution of Forest-Dependent Species in Human-Dominated Landscapes: Patterns for the Pine Marten in Intensively Cultivated Lowlands. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0158203. [PMID: 27368056 PMCID: PMC4930197 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In recent years, the "forest-specialist" pine marten Martes martes has been reported to also occur also in largely fragmented, lowland landscapes of north-western Italy. The colonization of such an apparently unsuitable area provided the opportunity for investigating pine marten ecological requirements and predicting its potential south- and eastwards expansion. We collected available pine marten occurrence data in the flood plain of the River Po (N Italy) and relate them to 11 environmental variables by developing nine Species Distribution Models. To account for inter-model variability we used average ensemble predictions (EP). EP predicted a total of 482 suitable patches (8.31% of the total study area) for the pine marten. The main factors driving pine marten occurrence in the western River Po plain were the distance from watercourses and the distance from woods. EP suggested that the pine marten may further expand in the western lowland, whilst the negligible residual wood cover of large areas in the central and eastern plain makes the habitat unsuitable for the pine marten, except for some riparian corridors and the pine wood patches bordering the Adriatic coast. Based on our results, conservation strategies should seek to preserve remnant forest patches and enhance the functional connectivity provided by riparian corridors.
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Natural History Museum of Carmagnola, Carmagnola (TO), Italy
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
- Systematics, Biogeography and Population Dynamics Research Group, Lascaray Research Center, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Independent Researcher, via Quintino Sella 16, Cossato (BI), Italy
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Moll RJ, Kilshaw K, Montgomery RA, Abade L, Campbell RD, Harrington LA, Millspaugh JJ, Birks JDS, Macdonald DW. Clarifying habitat niche width using broad‐scale, hierarchical occupancy models: a case study with a recovering mesocarnivore. J Zool (1987) 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- R. J. Moll
- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Michigan State University East Lansing MI USA
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- Wildlife Conservation Research Unit Department of Zoology University of Oxford Tubney, Oxfordshire UK
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Michigan State University East Lansing MI USA
- Wildlife Conservation Research Unit Department of Zoology University of Oxford Tubney, Oxfordshire UK
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Michigan State University East Lansing MI USA
- Wildlife Conservation Research Unit Department of Zoology University of Oxford Tubney, Oxfordshire UK
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- Wildlife Conservation Research Unit Department of Zoology University of Oxford Tubney, Oxfordshire UK
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- Wildlife Conservation Research Unit Department of Zoology University of Oxford Tubney, Oxfordshire UK
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- School of Natural Resources University of Missouri Columbia MO USA
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- Wildlife Conservation Research Unit Department of Zoology University of Oxford Tubney, Oxfordshire UK
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Bartolommei P, Manzo E, Cozzolino R. Seasonal spatial behaviour of pine marten Martes martes in a deciduous oak forest of central Italy. MAMMAL RES 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-016-0278-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Fur and faeces: an experimental assessment of non-invasive DNA sampling for the European pine marten. MAMMAL RES 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-016-0276-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Croose E, Birks JDS, O’Reilly C, Turner P, Martin J, MacLeod ET. Sample diversity adds value to non-invasive genetic assessment of a pine marten (Martes martes) population in Galloway Forest, southwest Scotland. MAMMAL RES 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-015-0257-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Remonti L, Balestrieri A, Raubenheimer D, Saino N. Functional implications of omnivory for dietary nutrient balance. OIKOS 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.02801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Luigi Remonti
- Inst. Agricole Régional; Regione La Rochère 1/A IT-11100 Aosta Italy
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- The Charles Perkins Centre and Faculty of Veterinary Science and School of Biological Sciences; Univ. of Sydney; Sydney Australia
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- Dept of Biosciences; Univ. of Milan; via Celoria 26 IT-20133 Milan Italy
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Geary M, Fielding AH, McGowan PJK, Marsden SJ. Scenario-Led Habitat Modelling of Land Use Change Impacts on Key Species. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0142477. [PMID: 26569604 PMCID: PMC4646449 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2014] [Accepted: 10/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Accurate predictions of the impacts of future land use change on species of conservation concern can help to inform policy-makers and improve conservation measures. If predictions are spatially explicit, predicted consequences of likely land use changes could be accessible to land managers at a scale relevant to their working landscape. We introduce a method, based on open source software, which integrates habitat suitability modelling with scenario-building, and illustrate its use by investigating the effects of alternative land use change scenarios on landscape suitability for black grouse Tetrao tetrix. Expert opinion was used to construct five near-future (twenty years) scenarios for the 800 km2 study site in upland Scotland. For each scenario, the cover of different land use types was altered by 5-30% from 20 random starting locations and changes in habitat suitability assessed by projecting a MaxEnt suitability model onto each simulated landscape. A scenario converting grazed land to moorland and open forestry was the most beneficial for black grouse, and 'increased grazing' (the opposite conversion) the most detrimental. Positioning of new landscape blocks was shown to be important in some situations. Increasing the area of open-canopy forestry caused a proportional decrease in suitability, but suitability gains for the 'reduced grazing' scenario were nonlinear. 'Scenario-led' landscape simulation models can be applied in assessments of the impacts of land use change both on individual species and also on diversity and community measures, or ecosystem services. A next step would be to include landscape configuration more explicitly in the simulation models, both to make them more realistic, and to examine the effects of habitat placement more thoroughly. In this example, the recommended policy would be incentives on grazing reduction to benefit black grouse.
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- Matthew Geary
- Division of Biology & Conservation Ecology, School of Science & the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Biology & Conservation Ecology, School of Science & the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- World Pheasant Association, Newcastle University Biology Field Station, Close House Estate, Heddon-on-the-Wall, United Kingdom
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- Division of Biology & Conservation Ecology, School of Science & the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Wereszczuk A, Zalewski A. Spatial Niche Segregation of Sympatric Stone Marten and Pine Marten--Avoidance of Competition or Selection of Optimal Habitat? PLoS One 2015; 10:e0139852. [PMID: 26444280 PMCID: PMC4596623 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Coexistence of ecologically similar species relies on differences in one or more dimensions of their ecological niches, such as space, time and resources in diel and/or seasonal scales. However, niche differentiation may result from other mechanisms such as avoidance of high predation pressure, different adaptations or requirements of ecologically similar species. Stone marten (Martes foina) and pine marten (Martes martes) occur sympatrically over a large area in Central Europe and utilize similar habitats and food, therefore it is expected that their coexistence requires differentiation in at least one of their niche dimensions or the mechanisms through which these dimensions are used. To test this hypothesis, we used differences in the species activity patterns and habitat selection, estimated with a resource selection function (RSF), to predict the relative probability of occurrence of the two species within a large forest complex in the northern geographic range of the stone marten. Stone martens were significantly heavier, have a longer body and a better body condition than pine martens. We found weak evidence for temporal niche segregation between the species. Stone and pine martens were both primarily nocturnal, but pine martens were active more frequently during the day and significantly reduced the duration of activity during autumn-winter. Stone and pine martens utilized different habitats and almost completely separated their habitat niches. Stone marten strongly preferred developed areas and avoided meadows and coniferous or deciduous forests. Pine marten preferred deciduous forest and small patches covered by trees, and avoided developed areas and meadows. We conclude that complete habitat segregation of the two marten species facilitates sympatric coexistence in this area. However, spatial niche segregation between these species was more likely due to differences in adaptation to cold climate, avoidance of high predator pressure and/or food preferences by both species than competitive interaction between them.
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- Anna Wereszczuk
- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland
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- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland
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Lombardini M, Cinerari CE, Murru M, Vidus Rosin A, Mazzoleni L, Meriggi A. Habitat requirements of Eurasian pine marten Martes martes in a Mediterranean environment. MAMMAL RES 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-014-0211-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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O’Mahony DT, Turner P, O’Reilly C. Pine marten (Martes martes) abundance in an insular mountainous region using non-invasive techniques. EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-014-0878-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Balestrieri A, Remonti L, Ruiz-González A, Zenato M, Gazzola A, Vergara M, Dettori EE, Saino N, Capelli E, Gómez-Moliner BJ, Guidali F, Prigioni C. Distribution and habitat use by pine marten Martes martes in a riparian corridor crossing intensively cultivated lowlands. Ecol Res 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11284-014-1220-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ruiz-González A, Gurrutxaga M, Cushman SA, Madeira MJ, Randi E, Gómez-Moliner BJ. Landscape genetics for the empirical assessment of resistance surfaces: the European pine marten (Martes martes) as a target-species of a regional ecological network. PLoS One 2014; 9:e110552. [PMID: 25329047 PMCID: PMC4199733 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Coherent ecological networks (EN) composed of core areas linked by ecological corridors are being developed worldwide with the goal of promoting landscape connectivity and biodiversity conservation. However, empirical assessment of the performance of EN designs is critical to evaluate the utility of these networks to mitigate effects of habitat loss and fragmentation. Landscape genetics provides a particularly valuable framework to address the question of functional connectivity by providing a direct means to investigate the effects of landscape structure on gene flow. The goals of this study are (1) to evaluate the landscape features that drive gene flow of an EN target species (European pine marten), and (2) evaluate the optimality of a regional EN design in providing connectivity for this species within the Basque Country (North Spain). Using partial Mantel tests in a reciprocal causal modeling framework we competed 59 alternative models, including isolation by distance and the regional EN. Our analysis indicated that the regional EN was among the most supported resistance models for the pine marten, but was not the best supported model. Gene flow of pine marten in northern Spain is facilitated by natural vegetation, and is resisted by anthropogenic landcover types and roads. Our results suggest that the regional EN design being implemented in the Basque Country will effectively facilitate gene flow of forest dwelling species at regional scale.
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- Aritz Ruiz-González
- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
- Systematics, Biogeography and Population Dynamics Research Group, Lascaray Research Center, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
- Conservation Genetics Laboratory, National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, ISPRA, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Systematics, Biogeography and Population Dynamics Research Group, Lascaray Research Center, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
- Department of Geography, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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- U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, AZ, United States of America
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
- Systematics, Biogeography and Population Dynamics Research Group, Lascaray Research Center, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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- Conservation Genetics Laboratory, National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, ISPRA, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bologna, Italy
- Department 18/Section of Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
- Systematics, Biogeography and Population Dynamics Research Group, Lascaray Research Center, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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Cheveau M, Imbeau L, Drapeau P, Belanger L. Marten space use and habitat selection in managed coniferous boreal forests of eastern Canada. J Wildl Manage 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Caryl FM, Raynor R, Quine CP, Park KJ. The seasonal diet of British pine marten determined from genetically identified scats. J Zool (1987) 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2012.00951.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Great Glen House; Scottish Natural Heritage; Inverness; Scotland; UK
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- Centre for Human and Ecological Sciences; Northern Research Station; Forest Research; Roslin; Midlothian; Scotland; UK
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences; University of Stirling; Stirling; Scotland; UK
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