Patterns of adult tick parasitization of coexisting European (Erinaceus europaeus) and Algerian (Atelerix algirus) hedgehog populations in eastern Iberia

Gago, Héctor; Ruiz‐Fons, Francisco; Drechsler, Robby M.; Alambiaga, Iván; Monrós, Juan S.

doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102048

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“…However, there are only a few studies focussed on hedgehogs, like the European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758) or the Algerian Hedgehog (Atelerix algirus Lereboullet 1842), and there are no studies analysing the effect of the urbanization on the nesting patterns in areas where both species coexist (e.g. Gago et al 2022; Gago et al 2023).…”

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Evaluating different factors affecting nesting patterns of European and Algerian hedgehogs in urban and sub-urban environments

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Drechsler

Monrós

2023

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Animals in urban environments are confronted with a high degree of habitat fragmentation. Small more natural or undisturbed areas embedded within the urban matrix serve as important refuges for wildlife. Hedgehogs are known to inhabit such areas, however, many unknowns remain when considering the effect of urbanization on certain biological aspects, like nesting behaviour. Thus, we captured and tracked the movement of 72 male hedgehogs of two coexisting species: the Algerian and the European Hedgehog. The study was carried out in two distinct study sites in the municipality of Valencia (eastern Spain). We recorded every nest the individuals visited, a total of 318. We distinguished six macrohabitat types and five subhabitat types. In each case, we analysed the proportions of macro and subhabitats the nests were found in by calculating a resource selection function and fitting GLMs. We also analysed the distances between nests fitting a GLM. Our results indicate that hedgehog nests clearly tend to concentrate in areas with low human disturbance and that nests are preferably build in hedges or under bush-like vegetation. In general we did not find significant differences between species or other groupings we considered. We also found that, in the more urbanized study area, nests were closer together and distributed around scarcely found suitable habitat patches. Our results suggest that hedgehog conservation in urban environments can be improved by a correct management of forest patches, conserving bush-like vegetation and improving the connectivity between suitable patches with ecological corridors.

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Evaluating different factors affecting nesting patterns of European and Algerian hedgehogs in urban and sub-urban environments

Gago

Drechsler

Monrós

2023

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“…However, only a few studies have focused on hedgehogs, like the European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758) or the Algerian Hedgehog (Atelerix algirus Lereboullet, 1842). Finally, no studies have analyzed the effect of urbanization on nesting patterns in areas where both the aforementioned hedgehog species co-exist [9,10].…”

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Evaluating Different Factors That Affect the Nesting Patterns of European and Algerian Hedgehogs in Urban and Suburban Environments

Gago,

Drechsler,

Monrós

2023

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Small undisturbed patches in urban environments serve as important refuges for wildlife, e.g., hedgehogs. However, the effects of urbanization on certain biological aspects, like nesting behavior, remain unknown. We captured and tracked the movement of 30 male hedgehogs of two co-existing species: Algerian and European hedgehogs. The study was carried out in Valencia (eastern Spain). We distinguished six macrohabitats and five subhabitats. We analyzed the proportions of the macro and subhabitats where nests were found to calculate a resource selection function and fit GLMs. Hedgehog nests tended to concentrate in areas with little human disturbance and were built in hedges or under bush-like vegetation. We did not find any significant differences between species or other considered groups. We noted that nests were distributed around hard-to-find suitable habitat patches. We even recorded a case of two males from both species simultaneously using one nest. Our results suggest that hedgehog conservation in urban environments can be improved by the correct management of forest patches by conserving bush-like vegetation and improving the connectivity between suitable patches with ecological corridors.

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Regarding the identification of Rhipicephalus ticks in the western Mediterranean: a comment on Gago et al. (2022)

Estrada-Peña

2023

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

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Patterns of adult tick parasitization of coexisting European (Erinaceus europaeus) and Algerian (Atelerix algirus) hedgehog populations in eastern Iberia

Cited by 7 publications

References 71 publications

Evaluating different factors affecting nesting patterns of European and Algerian hedgehogs in urban and sub-urban environments

Evaluating different factors affecting nesting patterns of European and Algerian hedgehogs in urban and sub-urban environments

Evaluating Different Factors That Affect the Nesting Patterns of European and Algerian Hedgehogs in Urban and Suburban Environments

Regarding the identification of Rhipicephalus ticks in the western Mediterranean: a comment on Gago et al. (2022)

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