{"title":"Can we use body size and road characteristics to anticipate barrier effects of roads in mammals? A meta-analysis","authors":"H. Chen, J. Koprowski","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX–00185-2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX–00185-2018","url":null,"abstract":"Habitat fragmentation and loss caused by road development are recognized as major threats to biodiversity and challenges to reconcile the pursuit of economic growth with the protection of wildlife habitats. Assessment of potential environmental impacts is essential in planning and design of road projects. Behavioral responses such as road avoidance that causes barrier effects are critical in assessment of effects of roads on species persistence. In this study, we synthesized literature of barrier effects on mammals to identify road characteristics and species traits that might serve as management indicators to anticipate barrier effects. We conducted a meta-analysis with 118 statistics of road crossings by 45 species from 36 studies. We used logit-transformed proportion of individuals not crossing roads as the effect size of barrier effect. Overall, all types of roads, from major highways to narrow forest roads, can impede movements for certain species of mammals. For data collected by observational methods, body mass, road width, road surface and data collection methods explained 53% of variation among data. Barrier effect decreased as body mass increased, and was increased by greater road width. Paved roads posed stronger barriers compared to gravel dirt roads. Capture-recapture methods tended to detect a weaker barrier effect compared tomethods that tracked individual movements. For data collected by experimental translocation, the probability of crossing following translocation was not affected by road width and body mass. We showed that interspecific variation of mammals in barrier effects can be explained by road characteristics and body size under natural condition, and can be useful to anticipate the species-specific magnitude of barrier effects of roads and aid in planning and design of road projects, as well as reassessment of existing roads.","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87543879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Hrouzková, J. Šklíba, Lucie Pleštilová, Limin Hua, Y. Meheretu, C. Sillero-Zubiri, R. Šumbera
{"title":"Seismic communication in spalacids: signals in the giant root-rat and Gansu zokor.","authors":"E. Hrouzková, J. Šklíba, Lucie Pleštilová, Limin Hua, Y. Meheretu, C. Sillero-Zubiri, R. Šumbera","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX-00118-2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX-00118-2018","url":null,"abstract":"1Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice 37005, Czech Republic 2Rangeland Sciences Department, Gansu Agricultural University, 730070, Lanzhou, China 3Department of Biology and Institute of Mountain Research & Development, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia 4Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Zoology, University of Oxford, The Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Tubney house, Tubney OX13 5QL, UK","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2018-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90094875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Mori, P. Milanesi, M. Menchetti, Rudy Zozzoli, A. Monaco, D. Capizzi, L. Nerva
{"title":"Genetics reveals that free-ranging chipmunks introduced to Italy have multiple origins","authors":"E. Mori, P. Milanesi, M. Menchetti, Rudy Zozzoli, A. Monaco, D. Capizzi, L. Nerva","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX-00116-2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX-00116-2018","url":null,"abstract":"1Università degli Studi di Siena 2Swiss Ornithological Institute, Seerose 1, 6204 Sempach, Switzerland 3Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain 4Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze, 11a, 43124, Parma, Italy 5Direzione Regionale Sistemi Naturali, Parchi e Aree Protette, Regione Lazio, Viale del Tintoretto 432, 00142, Roma, Italy 6Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology, CREA, Via XXVIII Aprile 26, 31015, Conegliano Veneto (Treviso), Italy","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2018-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82266169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Pinya, P. Bover, J. A. Jurado-Rivera, Sebastián Trenado, L. Parpal, Inmaculada Férriz, A. Talavera, A. Hinckley, J. Pons, M. J. López-Fuster, J. Alcover
{"title":"Recent island colonization by an introduced shrew in the western mediterranean","authors":"S. Pinya, P. Bover, J. A. Jurado-Rivera, Sebastián Trenado, L. Parpal, Inmaculada Férriz, A. Talavera, A. Hinckley, J. Pons, M. J. López-Fuster, J. Alcover","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX-00075-2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX-00075-2018","url":null,"abstract":"1Interdisciplinary Ecology Group. Biology Department. University of the Balearic Islands, Spain 2Departament de Biodiversitat i Conservació, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB), Spain 3Departament de Biologia. Àrea de Genètica. Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain 4Consorci per a la Recuperació de la Fauna de les Illes Balears (COFIB), Spain 5The Albufera International Biodiversity Group (TAIB), Spain 6Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Spain 7Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, IRBio, Institut de Recerca de Biodiversitat, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2018-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88561111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Á. Ferreguetti, C. L. Davis, W. Tomas, H. Bergallo
{"title":"Using activity and occupancy to evaluate niche partitioning: the case of two peccary species in the Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil.","authors":"Á. Ferreguetti, C. L. Davis, W. Tomas, H. Bergallo","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX-00068-2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX-00068-2018","url":null,"abstract":"Collared and white-lipped peccaries (Pecari tajacu and Tayassu pecari, respectively) are widely distributed, herd-forming ungulates that are sympatric in a variety of Neotropical ecosystems. Patterns of co-occurrence and niche partitioning are still poorly understood in sympatric peccary populations in the Atlantic Forest. We aimed to test the hypothesis that the collared and white-lipped peccary avoided each other by some degree of niche partitioning in the Vale Natural Reserve, Espirito Santo state, southeastern Brazil. Species-specific occupancy, detection, and activity patterns were estimated from camera-trap data collected at 39 sample sites over a 1-year period. We found that both peccary species respond to similar habitat covariates (palm density, distance to water resources, poaching intensity). We also quantified the probability of co-occurrence, or the Species Interaction Factor (SIF), using a two-species occupancy modelling approach. We found that the two species avoided each other in space (SIF=0.410.02), thus providing evidence for niche partitioning. Specifically, occupancy of the collared peccary was significantly lower at sites occupied by the white-lipped peccary (yBA=0.240.08) when compared to sites unoccupied by the whitelipped peccary (yBa=0.800.05). We also found weak evidence for temporal niche partitioning, with the white-lipped peccary being more restricted to diurnal hours. Our results contribute to our knowledge of species ecology and the potential mechanisms of coexistence for peccary species in the Vale Natural Reserve.","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2018-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82231515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Zarco, V. Benitez, Laura Fasola, G. Funes, Laura Guichón
{"title":"Feeding habits of the Asiatic red-bellied squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus introduced in Argentina","authors":"A. Zarco, V. Benitez, Laura Fasola, G. Funes, Laura Guichón","doi":"10.4404/hystrix-00125-2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/hystrix-00125-2018","url":null,"abstract":"Fil: Zarco, Agustin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Aridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Aridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Aridas; Argentina","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2018-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74679650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Good practices for sharing analysis-ready data in mammalogy and biodiversity research","authors":"Luis D. Verde Arregoitia, N. Cooper, G. D'Elía","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX-00133-2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX-00133-2018","url":null,"abstract":"This is an open access article, available to all readers online, published under a creative commons licensing (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). The attached file is the published version of the article.","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2018-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85759660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. V. Mazzamuto, L. Wauters, D. Preatoni, A. Martinoli
{"title":"Behavioural and population responses of ground-dwelling rodents to forest edges","authors":"M. V. Mazzamuto, L. Wauters, D. Preatoni, A. Martinoli","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX-00119-2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX-00119-2018","url":null,"abstract":"Acknowledgements Authors thank Parco Regionale della Pineta di Appiano Gentile e Tradate for the cooperation in the study. A special thanks to Simona Marelli and Diana Sciandra for the support in the field work and Ambrogio Molinari for the technical supervision. Thanks to Francesco Bisi for his helpful suggestions on data analysis. Finally, authors thanks the associate editor and two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments. Abstract","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2018-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75937974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Hemami, S. Esmaeili, J. Brito, Mohsen Ahmadi, M. Omidi, F. Martínez‐Freiría
{"title":"Using ecological models to explore niche partitioning within a guild of desert felids","authors":"M. Hemami, S. Esmaeili, J. Brito, Mohsen Ahmadi, M. Omidi, F. Martínez‐Freiría","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX-00042-2017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX-00042-2017","url":null,"abstract":"1Department of Natural Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, 8415683111, Isfahan, Iran 2Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Avenue, Laramie, Wyoming 82071, USA 3CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade do Porto, R. Padre Armando Quintas, 4485–661, Vairão, Portugal 4Departamento de Biologia da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua Campo Alegre, 4169–007 Porto, Portugal 5Isfahan Provincial Department of Environment, Isfahan, Iran 6Department of Natural Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, 8415683111, Isfahan, Iran","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2018-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80388907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Belotti, K. Mayer, J. Kreisinger, M. Heurich, L. Bufka
{"title":"Recreational activities affect resting site selection and foraging time of Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx )","authors":"E. Belotti, K. Mayer, J. Kreisinger, M. Heurich, L. Bufka","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX-00053-2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX-00053-2018","url":null,"abstract":"1Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 1176, CZ-16521 Prague, Czech Republic 2Department of Research and Nature Protection, Šumava National Park Administration, Sušická 399, CZ-34192 Kašperské Hory, Czech Republic 3Department for Conservation and Research, Bavarian Forest National Park, Freyunger Str.2, D-94481 Grafenau, Germany 4Department of Wildlife Sciences, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 3, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany 5Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, CZ-12844 Prague 2, Czech Republic 6Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacher Straße 4, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2018-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83720100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}