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DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118172
	Daily roost utilization by edible dormouse in a managed pine-dominated forest
	Iwińska K.; Boratyński J.S.; Trivedi A.; Borowski Z.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0378-1127
卷号	468
英文摘要	Many forest dwelling species faces increasing shortage of natural shelters as tree cavities due to a decline of the abundance of large, old trees, eliminated from the forest stands by silviculture. Formation of monocultures, changes in species and age composition of forest stands significantly reduce abundance of such daily roosts, crucial for fitness of many vertebrates. That is why using of substitutes of natural shelters like nest-boxes as a habitat restoration tool increased in last decades. Despite many studies investigating species preferences affecting utilization of nest-boxes, there are almost none comparing natural and artificial-roosts selection at one study site. That is why in our study by using radio-tracking method we investigated the usage of natural and artificial shelters by arboreal rodent - edible dormouse Glis glis in commercial pine forest. Our results show that significant proportion (~50–70%) of utilized roosts were of natural origin, even though artificial shelters were available. Roosts were mostly found in deciduous trees, as birches and oaks, which dormice chose accordingly to the abundance on the study plot. Significantly low selection ratios were found for the most common species on the study plot - Scots pine Pinus sylvestris, probably due to silviculture practices, that for economical reasons promote healthy trees through multiple practices. We also found that the vicinity of roosting sites was characterised by dense vegetation of young deciduous trees. Our study indicates that preservation of the mixed forest stands with dense understory layer and old deciduous trees is crucial for arboreal rodents for roosting behavior in managed forests. Moreover, we suggest that maintaining a higher number of tree species that are not managed by foresters (as birch) can improve the functioning of the populations of arboreal rodents more effectively than installing artificial shelters. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
英文关键词	Canopy; Daily roost; Edible dormouse; Glis glis; Managed forest; Natural roost; Nest-boxes
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Mammals; Artificial shelters; Deciduous trees; Dense vegetation; Habitat restoration; Number of trees; Pinus sylvestris; Silviculture practices; Species preference; Forestry; age structure; coniferous tree; deciduous tree; dominance; edible species; fitness; habitat structure; monoculture; nest box; rodent; silviculture; stand structure; tracking; Forestry; Mammals; Pinus Sylvestris; Rodents; Shelters; Trees; Utilization; Betula; Myoxidae; Myoxus glis; Pinus sylvestris; Quercus; Rodentia; Vertebrata
来源期刊	Forest Ecology and Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/155235
作者单位	Faculty of Biology, University of Białystok, Ciołkowskiego 1J, Białystok, 15-245, Poland; Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Stoczek 1, Białowieża, 17-230, Poland; Evolution, Ecology and Systematics, Ludwig Maximilian University, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, Munich, 80539, Germany; CIBIO, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBio, University of Porto Campus de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, n° 7, Vairão, 4485-661, Portugal; Department of Forest Ecology, Forest Research Institute, Braci Leśnej 3, Sękocin Stary, 05-090, Poland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Iwińska K.,Boratyński J.S.,Trivedi A.,et al. Daily roost utilization by edible dormouse in a managed pine-dominated forest[J],2020,468.
APA	Iwińska K.,Boratyński J.S.,Trivedi A.,&Borowski Z..(2020).Daily roost utilization by edible dormouse in a managed pine-dominated forest.Forest Ecology and Management,468.
MLA	Iwińska K.,et al."Daily roost utilization by edible dormouse in a managed pine-dominated forest".Forest Ecology and Management 468(2020).