Assessing the Effects of Landscape Change on the Occupancy Dynamics of the Greater White-Toothed Shrew Crocidura russula
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Small Mammal Sampling
2.3. Vegetation Structure and Land-Use
2.4. Occupancy Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Patterns of Land Use Change
3.2. Vegetation Structure and Land Use of the Sampling Stations
3.3. Occupancy and Spatial Distribution Models
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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NATURAL PARK | SCRUBLAND | WOODLAND | CROPS | URBAN |
---|---|---|---|---|
Garraf | −3.40 *** | 2.37 *** | 0.51 | 0.52 ** |
Collserola | 0.00 | −1.02 | 0.26 | 0.76 *** |
Serralada de Marina | −2.18 | 0.96 | −0.11 | 1.32 *** |
Serralada Litoral | −8.58 *** | 5.90 *** | 1.58 * | 1.10 *** |
Montnegre i el Corredor | −3.58 *** | 2.25 *** | 0.80 | 0.53 * |
Sant Llorenç del Munt i l’Obac | −0.20 | −0.73 | 0.62 | 0.31 |
TOTAL AREA | −2.66 *** | 1.33 *** | 0.67 * | 0.66 *** |
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Torre, I.; Díaz, M. Assessing the Effects of Landscape Change on the Occupancy Dynamics of the Greater White-Toothed Shrew Crocidura russula. Life 2022, 12, 1230. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12081230
Torre I, Díaz M. Assessing the Effects of Landscape Change on the Occupancy Dynamics of the Greater White-Toothed Shrew Crocidura russula. Life. 2022; 12(8):1230. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12081230
Chicago/Turabian StyleTorre, Ignasi, and Mario Díaz. 2022. "Assessing the Effects of Landscape Change on the Occupancy Dynamics of the Greater White-Toothed Shrew Crocidura russula" Life 12, no. 8: 1230. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12081230