Spatial and seasonal variation in occupation and abundance of common vole burrows in highly disturbed agricultural ecosystems

Santamaría, Ana Eugenia; Olea, Pedro P.; Viñuela, Javier; García, Jesús T.

doi:10.1007/s10344-019-1286-2

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“…No or low tillage practices will generally increase the species diversity and density in the field itself and in the vicinity of the field (Best, 1985; Heroldova et al., 2017; Faria and Morales, 2019; Roos et al., 2019; Santamaria et al., 2019). To cover both no‐tillage and no/low‐tillage practices in the risk assessment, the WG recommends that field studies for crops which accommodate no/low‐tillage practices should generally be carried out under those circumstances.…”

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Risk assessment for Birds and Mammals

Aagaard¹,

Berny²,

Chaton³

et al. 2023

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The European Commission asked EFSA to revise the Guidance on the risk assessment for birds and mammals. That guidance described how to perform risk assessment for birds and mammals from plant protection products, containing pesticide active substances, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 1107/2009. The current guidance document is an update of EFSA's existing guidance document titled ‘Risk assessment for Birds and Mammals’ which was published in 2009. It outlines a tiered risk assessment scheme covering dietary exposure, exposure via secondary poisoning and exposure via intake of contaminated water.

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Risk assessment for Birds and Mammals

Aagaard¹,

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Chaton³

et al. 2023

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“…Mackin-Rogalska et al 10 suggested an important role of burrow systems in generating multi-annual cycling in the M. arvalis population trend. In this species, a marked seasonal and spatial pattern in both burrow density and abundance of occupied burrows was recorded 7 . Investigation concerning settlements inhabitation in relation to their availability and porcupine density are desirable.…”

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“…In Octodon degus, burrow systems' availability seems not to be linked to population density and no association was recorded between animal density and number of burrows occupied 13 . Conversely, a marked seasonal and spatial pattern in both burrow density and abundance of occupied burrows was recorded in M. arvalis 7 .…”

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“…Seasonal variation in the pattern of animal use of space may be linked to factors such as food availability, vegetative cover, habitat structure, predation, and environmental temperature that play a key role in survival and reproduction [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] . Semi-fossorial rodents dig underground burrows for breeding and protection from predators and environmental stress 8 while they spend time outside the burrow to forage, defend territories, and seek out potential mates 9 .…”

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“…To the best of our knowledge, there is a lack of data concerning the seasonal pattern of burrow inhabitation as well as the inhabitation of different settlements. In Microtus pinetorum, Rhombomys opimus, M. arvalis and Octodon degus relations between animal density, burrows abundance and their utilization were investigated 7,[10][11][12][13] . In Octodon degus, burrow systems' availability seems not to be linked to population density and no association was recorded between animal density and number of burrows occupied 13 .…”

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Spatio-temporal inhabitation of settlements by Hystrix cristata L., 1758

Coppola

Grignolio

Brivio

et al. 2022

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Settlements are usually shared at different times by semi-fossorial mammals. Porcupine reproductive pair shows high den-site fidelity, but no data are available on the spatio-temporal inhabitation of settlements. In this investigation, the spatio-temporal inhabitation of settlements by crested porcupine families was investigated using camera-trapping as well as the ethological factors affecting the settlements selection. The crested porcupine resulted to be the main inhabitant of settlements surveyed in the present study. Each settlement was inhabited exclusively by one porcupine family. Five out of six porcupine families, each alternatively and complementarily inhabited the same two settlements. In all the five monitored families, settlements selection doesn’t follow a seasonal pattern. Settlement inhabitation of porcupines resulted positively affected by cohabitation with badger, while presence of porcupettes did not affect settlements selection. Long periods of settlement inhabitation were positively affected both by the presence of porcupettes and cohabitation with badger. The pattern of settlements inhabitation in relation to their availability and porcupine population density as well as factors promoting porcupine-badger cohabitation should be further investigated. New ethological knowledge obtained in this investigation could be involved in the evaluation of the ecological epidemiology of infectious diseases between porcupine and badger within a one health approach and may be a useful tool for a sustainable management of semi-fossorial mammals.

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