Comparative analysis of small mammal communities in Chisinau and Yaroslavl, two European cities located in different biomes

Tikhonova, G. N.; Tikhonov, I. A.; Котенкова, Е. В.; Munteanu, Andreea; Uspenskaya, I. G.; Konovalov, Yu. N.; Burlaku, V. I.; Kiku, V. F.; Georgitsa, S. D.; Karaman, N. K.; Nistreanu, Victoria; Maltsev, A. N.

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“…Similarly, an intensive penetration of Warsaw agglomeration was noted for another synanthropic rodent -M. musculus, though its share in the community of small mammals was smaller. The latter species has been frequently noted as abundant in many towns both in Europe (Tikhonova et al 2012, Kelcey 2015 and in other continents (Advani 1995, Gomez et al 2008.…”

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“…Local densities of this rodent are 5 to 10 times higher in Warsaw than in habitats outside the town (Gliwicz et al 1994). The species was abundant and frequently recorded in other towns of Eastern Europe (Tikhonova et al 2012), though in Western Europe, e.g. in the British Isles, the dominant urban species is Apodemus sylvaticus (Baker et al 2003).…”

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Which species of small mammals tolerate highly urbanized areas – the study in Warsaw agglomeration and surroundings

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Krauze‐Gryz

2017

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The degree of penetration of urban habitats by small terrestrial mammals was studied in Warsaw agglomeration and in adjacent areas up to 50 km from the city centre. Study material consisted of pellets of the tawny owl Strix aluco collected in 85 sites, which contained 15,152 remains of individuals of small mammals. The species that penetrated city agglomeration most intensively were: Apodemus agrarius, Mus musculus, Talpa europaea, Rattus norvegicus and Microtus subterraneus. Most central sites of these species were situated 1.3–2.3 km from the city centre. Microtus agrestis, Mustela nivalis, Arvicola amphibius, Neomys fodiens, Muscardinus avellanarius and Sicista betulina showed the lowest degree of penetration of an urban agglomeration (sites closest to the city centre: 8.2, 8.6, 8.6, 11.2, 17.8 and 20.2 km, respectively). Species, whose share among the owls’ prey decreased most with the distance from the city centre, were: A. agrarius and T. europaea. The reverse pattern was found for M. agrestis and M. avellanarius. Small terrestrial mammals are sensitive to the proceeding urbanization and the central part of Warsaw agglomeration is penetrated by only 1/3 of species of the local fauna.

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Which species of small mammals tolerate highly urbanized areas – the study in Warsaw agglomeration and surroundings

Lesiński

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Krauze‐Gryz

2017

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“…Data on the commensalism of Crocidura shrews, and especially C. suaveolens , are available from urban ecological studies across Europe [38]–[39]. Other taxa occurring in ancient Near Eastern settlements seem to represent various modes of settlement abandonment or rural occupation.…”

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“…Auffray et al [36] showed that in Israel, M. m. domesticus is associated with settlements whereas the sympatric eastern short-tailed mouse M. macedonicus is restricted to agricultural fields and areas less disturbed by humans. Data on the commensalism of Crocidura shrews, and especially C. suaveolens , are available from urban ecological studies across Europe [38] – [39] . Other taxa occurring in ancient Near Eastern settlements seem to represent various modes of settlement abandonment or rural occupation.…”

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Ancient Urban Ecology Reconstructed from Archaeozoological Remains of Small Mammals in the Near East

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Modern rapidly expanding cities generate intricate patterns of species diversity owing to immense complexity in urban spatial structure and current growth trajectories. We propose to identify and uncouple the drivers that give rise to these patterns by looking at the effect of urbanism on species diversity over a previously unexplored long temporal frame that covers early developments in urbanism. To provide this historical perspective we analyzed archaeozoological remains of small mammals from ancient urban and rural sites in the Near East from the 2nd to the 1st millennium BCE, and compared them to observations from modern urban areas. Our data show that ancient urban assemblages consistently comprised two main taxa (Mus musculus domesticus and Crocidura sp.), whereas assemblages of contemporaneous rural sites were significantly richer. Low species diversity also characterizes high-density core areas of modern cities, suggesting that similar ecological drivers have continued to operate in urban areas despite the vast growth in their size and population densities, as well as in the complexity of their technologies and social organization. Research in urban ecology has tended to emphasize the relatively high species diversity observed in low-density areas located on the outskirts of cities, where open and vegetated patches are abundant. The fact that over several millennia urban evolution did not significantly alter species diversity suggests that low diversity is an attribute of densely-populated settlements. The possibility that high diversity in peripheral urban areas arose only recently as a short-term phenomenon in urban ecology merits further research based on long-term data.

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“…Chișinău, ceea ce denotă adaptarea speciilor la condiții antropice, cât și existența multor habitate care corespund necesităților ecologice ale rozătoarelor. Rezultatele obținute sunt apropiate de datele existente pentru alte orașe: Brno (Pelikan et al, 1980), Kiev (Zagorodnyuk, 2003), Riga (Zorenko, Leontyeva, 2003), Moscova (Tikhonova et al, 2009), Yaroslavl (Tikhonova et al, 2012b) etc.…”

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Monografia cuprinde rezultatele cercetărilor pe parcursul a 40 ani ale ecologiei rozătoarelor mici din ecosistemele naturale și antropizate ale Republicii Moldova. Sunt reflectate probleme fundamentale de ecologie populațională, comportament, dinamică, elucidate diversitatea și structura comunităților de rozătoare mici în diverse tipuri de ecosisteme, particularitățile de adaptare, influența factorilor biotici și abiotici, s-a evidențiat importanța rozătoarelor în relațiile biocenotice ale lumii vii, rolul lor în funcționarea ecosistemelor. Cartea este destinată zoologilor, ecologilor, specialiștilor în domeniul protecției mediului și amatorilor de natură.

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Comparative analysis of small mammal communities in Chisinau and Yaroslavl, two European cities located in different biomes

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Which species of small mammals tolerate highly urbanized areas – the study in Warsaw agglomeration and surroundings

Which species of small mammals tolerate highly urbanized areas – the study in Warsaw agglomeration and surroundings

Ancient Urban Ecology Reconstructed from Archaeozoological Remains of Small Mammals in the Near East

Ecologia rozătoarelor mici

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