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Indications of higher diversity and abundance of small rodents in human-influenced Sudanian savannah than in the Niokolo Koba National Park (Senegal)

SYSNO ASEP	0331525
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Indications of higher diversity and abundance of small rodents in human-influenced Sudanian savannah than in the Niokolo Koba National Park (Senegal)
Author(s)	Konečný, Adam (UBO-W)_{RID, ORCID} Koubek, Petr (UBO-W)_{RID, SAI, ORCID} Bryja, Josef (UBO-W)_{RID, SAI, ORCID}
Number of authors	3
Source Title	African Journal of Ecology. - : Wiley - ISSN 0141-6707 Roč. 48, č. 3 (2010), s. 718-726
Number of pages	9 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	GB - United Kingdom
Keywords	mammals ; Western Africa ; communities
Subject RIV	EH - Ecology, Behaviour
R&D Projects	IAA6093404 GA AV ČR - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AV ČR)
CEZ	AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000280617600017
EID SCOPUS	77955820630
DOI	10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01169.x
Annotation	The abundance and diversity of small mammal communities were investigated in two human-influenced localities in close proximity to Niokolo Koba National Park (NKNP) and two directly in NKNP in south-eastern Senegal. Total sampling effort was 5400 trap-nights. 98 individuals of eleven species were captured outside NKNP, while only 28 individuals of five rodent species were caught inside the park. The most abundant species outside NKNP was Mastomys erythroleucus, while inside NKNP it was Praomys daltoni. Both relative abundance and diversity were significantly higher in human-influenced landscape than in natural savannahs of NKNP. The difference in species richness may be linked with lower population densities of certain species in NKNP and the effect of traditional agriculture, which may support the presence of species typical for deforested landscape. Furthermore, food availability, and predator abundances are discussed as possible reasons for the higher rodent abundances outside NKNP.
Workplace	Institute of Vertebrate Biology
Contact	Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
Year of Publishing	2011

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