Long-term changes of small mammal communities in heterogenous landscapes of Central Europe

Zárybnická, Markéta; Riegert, Jan; Bejček, Vladimír; Sedláček, František; Šťastný, Karel; Šindelář, Jiří; Heroldová, Marta; Vilímová, Jitka; Zima, Jan

doi:10.1007/s10344-017-1147-9

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“…Our results demonstrate that regional dynamics in rodent species diversity tracked climate and its impact on plant production, even while rodent community composition was predominantly influenced by ecosystem type (Figure 1). The losses in rodent species diversity documented here are consistent with prior studies on rodents in single dryland sites, in which rodent diversity or abundance declined under drought (Ernest et al, 2000; Greenville et al, 2012; Lima et al, 2008; Meserve et al, 1995, 2011; Yarnell et al, 2007; Zarybnicka et al, 2017). In addition, prior results of a geographic survey using space‐for‐time substitution (Brown & Ernest, 2002) correspond with the temporal patterns in our study in linking declines in rodent diversity and abundance with declines in taxa that were losers under drought.…”

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“…The PDO is a natural cyclic pattern of Pacific sea surface temperatures (Zhang et al, 1997) that modifies the El Niño Southern Oscillation to influence precipitation in the southwestern US (Chen et al, 2017;Gutzler et al, 2002;Milne et al, 2003). The time series differed by 45 mm in mean annual precipitation, with 315 mm during 1996-2006 and 270 mm during 2004-2013, enabling us to compare rodent sensitivities to climate at the same location, but under contrasting temporal windows that differed in the climate mean.…”

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Declines in rodent abundance and diversity track regional climate variability in North American drylands

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Christensen

Ernest

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Global Change Biology

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Regional long‐term monitoring can enhance the detection of biodiversity declines associated with climate change, improving future projections by reducing reliance on space‐for‐time substitution and increasing scalability. Rodents are diverse and important consumers in drylands, regions defined by the scarcity of water that cover 45% of Earth's land surface and face increasingly drier and more variable climates. We analyzed abundance data for 22 rodent species across grassland, shrubland, ecotone, and woodland ecosystems in the southwestern USA. Two time series (1995–2006 and 2004–2013) coincided with phases of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), which influences drought in southwestern North America. Regionally, rodent species diversity declined 20%–35%, with greater losses during the later time period. Abundance also declined regionally, but only during 2004–2013, with losses of 5% of animals captured. During the first time series (wetter climate), plant productivity outranked climate variables as the best regional predictor of rodent abundance for 70% of taxa, whereas during the second period (drier climate), climate best explained variation in abundance for 60% of taxa. Temporal dynamics in diversity and abundance differed spatially among ecosystems, with the largest declines in woodlands and shrublands of central New Mexico and Colorado. Which species were winners or losers under increasing drought and amplified interannual variability in drought depended on ecosystem type and the phase of the PDO. Fewer taxa were significant winners (18%) than losers (30%) under drought, but the identities of winners and losers differed among ecosystems for 70% of taxa. Our results suggest that the sensitivities of rodent species to climate contributed to regional declines in diversity and abundance during 1995–2013. Whether these changes portend future declines in drought‐sensitive consumers in the southwestern USA will depend on the climate during the next major PDO cycle.

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Declines in rodent abundance and diversity track regional climate variability in North American drylands

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Christensen

Ernest

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Global Change Biology

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“…During the entire research period (2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016), the communities of small mammals of larch-spruce forests in the terminal phase of succession of forest communities showed the lowest species richness (REF area without disturbances). This is consistent with the results of several studies (e.g., Panzacchi et al, 2010;Zárybnická et al, 2017), whose authors state that the highest species diversity is achieved by small mammals in young forest habitats, i.e. in the initial stages of succession, and vice versa the lowest in its terminal stages (in adult forest stands).…”

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“…E.g. in forest communities in the territory of north-eastern Poland Niedziałkowska et al ( 2010), in the Czech Republic Zárybnická et al (2017) and in Slovakia (High Tatras) Hlôška et al (2016). Quantitative and qualitative meta-analysis of available data on the responses of small mammal communities to different disturbance regimes in the temporal and boreal forests of Europe was performed by Bogdziewicz and Zwolak (2014).…”

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Temporal and spatial changes in small mammal communities in a disturbed mountain forest

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Saniga

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In 2005–2016, we investigated a secondary succession of small mammal communities in forest ecosystems in High Tatras (Slovakia) disturbed by windstorm and fire. This long-term ecological study confirmed the occurrence of significant temporal and spatial changes in species composition and number of dominant small mammal species. A comparison between disturbed and undisturbed plots indicated notable differences in species richness and abundance. The gradations of dominant small mammal species in disturbed habitats were asynchronous and showed a wider range of amplitude than in the undisturbed plots. An analysis of the temporal and spatial changes in the structure of small mammal communities in relation to selected environmental gradients confirmed the statistically significant effect of secondary succession on species composition, abundance, and exchange in forest ecosystems in the High Tatra Mountains following a disturbance.

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“…The ratio of small mammal hosts available will depend on latitude, with a diminishing number of wood mice and increasing proportion of bank voles and common shrews. The abundance of field voles has been linked to climate change (Cornulier et al 2013), while the numbers of bank voles, wood mice and common shrews are, to a larger degree, affected by land use (Zarybnicka et al 2017) and beech masts (Imholt et al 2017). Predicting the role of host community composition for disease dynamics requires a detailed understanding of the different species population limitations under global change.…”

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How general are generalist parasites? The small mammal part of the Lyme disease transmission cycle in two ecosystems in northern Europe

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Long-term changes of small mammal communities in heterogenous landscapes of Central Europe

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Declines in rodent abundance and diversity track regional climate variability in North American drylands

Declines in rodent abundance and diversity track regional climate variability in North American drylands

Temporal and spatial changes in small mammal communities in a disturbed mountain forest

How general are generalist parasites? The small mammal part of the Lyme disease transmission cycle in two ecosystems in northern Europe

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