{"title":"栖息地边缘对以桉树种植园为主的景观中中型食蚁兽的空间和时空出现模式的影响","authors":"Rita Pereira , Gonçalo Matias , Margarida Santos-Reis, Luís Miguel Rosalino","doi":"10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122257","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Human population growth leads to drastic changes in landscape structure that often result in fragmentation. Fragmentation modifies the landscape and divides it into smaller habitat patches, creating habitat edges. These can affect the distribution and abundance of species and influence interspecific interactions. By comparing edges with habitat interiors, we intend to study how or if habitat edges influence mesocarnivores’: i) activity patterns, ii) co-occurrence in time, and iii) occupancy. We used camera-trapping to monitor the mesocarnivore community in two <em>Eucalyptus</em> plantations interspersed with patches of natural habitats, producing a landscape rich in habitat edges. 18 camera traps were placed in each study site, half on habitat edges and half in the interior habitat. We found a higher overlap of the mesocarnivores activity patterns in interior habitat than in habitat edges and a consistent positive effect for edge density on occupancy at both species and community-level. This study demonstrates that habitat edges shape mesocarnivores’ spatial and temporal behaviour. While spatially all species are positively affected by edges, as these can provide alternative or higher availability of resources, or act as travel corridors, to minimize interspecific interactions in edges, species activity overlap is greater within interior habitats than in edge habitats. Our findings support the design of better management measures in human-altered ecosystems, such as agricultural areas and forestry plantations, to guarantee the conservation of biodiversity while maintaining economic profitability.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12350,"journal":{"name":"Forest Ecology and Management","volume":"572 ","pages":"Article 122257"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112724005693/pdfft?md5=e168a5eeb8c99f9d51cb005eaca164da&pid=1-s2.0-S0378112724005693-main.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Influence of habitat edges on spatial and spatio-temporal occurrence patterns of mesocarnivores in landscapes dominated by Eucalyptus plantations\",\"authors\":\"Rita Pereira , Gonçalo Matias , Margarida Santos-Reis, Luís Miguel Rosalino\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122257\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><p>Human population growth leads to drastic changes in landscape structure that often result in fragmentation. 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Influence of habitat edges on spatial and spatio-temporal occurrence patterns of mesocarnivores in landscapes dominated by Eucalyptus plantations
Human population growth leads to drastic changes in landscape structure that often result in fragmentation. Fragmentation modifies the landscape and divides it into smaller habitat patches, creating habitat edges. These can affect the distribution and abundance of species and influence interspecific interactions. By comparing edges with habitat interiors, we intend to study how or if habitat edges influence mesocarnivores’: i) activity patterns, ii) co-occurrence in time, and iii) occupancy. We used camera-trapping to monitor the mesocarnivore community in two Eucalyptus plantations interspersed with patches of natural habitats, producing a landscape rich in habitat edges. 18 camera traps were placed in each study site, half on habitat edges and half in the interior habitat. We found a higher overlap of the mesocarnivores activity patterns in interior habitat than in habitat edges and a consistent positive effect for edge density on occupancy at both species and community-level. This study demonstrates that habitat edges shape mesocarnivores’ spatial and temporal behaviour. While spatially all species are positively affected by edges, as these can provide alternative or higher availability of resources, or act as travel corridors, to minimize interspecific interactions in edges, species activity overlap is greater within interior habitats than in edge habitats. Our findings support the design of better management measures in human-altered ecosystems, such as agricultural areas and forestry plantations, to guarantee the conservation of biodiversity while maintaining economic profitability.
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Forest Ecology and Management publishes scientific articles linking forest ecology with forest management, focusing on the application of biological, ecological and social knowledge to the management and conservation of plantations and natural forests. The scope of the journal includes all forest ecosystems of the world.
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