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Habitat preferences of small terrestrial mammals in the mountain forest clearings

SYSNO ASEP	0337529
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Ostatní články
Title	Habitat preferences of small terrestrial mammals in the mountain forest clearings
Author(s)	Suchomel, J. (CZ) Krojerová-Prokešová, Jarmila (UBO-W)_{RID, ORCID, SAI} Heroldová, Marta (UBO-W)_{RID, ORCID} Purchart, L. (CZ) Barančeková, Miroslava (UBO-W)_{RID, SAI} Homolka, Miloslav (UBO-W)_{RID, SAI, ORCID}
Number of authors	6
Source Title	Beskydy - ISSN 1803-2451 Roč. 2, č. 2 (2009), s. 195-200
Number of pages	5 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	CZ - Czech Republic
Keywords	mountains ; forest clearings ; small mammal species ; habitat preference
Subject RIV	GK - Forestry
R&D Projects	QH72075 GA MZe - Ministry of Agriculture (MZe)
	LC06073 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
CEZ	AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011)
Annotation	Rodents were monitored during two successive years on clearings with artificial plantations. Under influence of beech mast year Apodemus flavicollis was dominant in Beskydy Mts but Myodes glareolus in Jeseniky Mts. The diversity and equitability was similar in both (Jeseniky Mts - 1.63, Beskydy Mts - 1.49; 0.84 resp. 0.72). Notable was the high dominance of Microtus agrestis (23 resp. 27%) in both. Abundance of the dominant species was synchronized. Canonic correspondence analyses (CCA) of clearing characteristics show the preferences of M. agrestis for higher elevation, more grassy and grassy wastage (higher humidity) environment. This was above all problem of emission clearings. As to M. glareolus, forest weeds preferably of Rubus sp. were responsible for its dominance. These results contribute to understand rodent habitat preferences and help in prevention against their impact by the way of herb layer management.
Workplace	Institute of Vertebrate Biology
Contact	Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
Year of Publishing	2010

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