The effect of landscape heterogeneity on population density and habitat preferences of the European hare (Lepus europaeus) in contrasting farmlands

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68081766:_____/18:00481471 RIV/60460709:41330/18:74720

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2017.11.003" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.mambio.2017.11.003</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The effect of landscape heterogeneity on population density and habitat preferences of the European hare (Lepus europaeus) in contrasting farmlands

Original language description

We assessed the effect of habitat heterogeneity and predator density on the European hare (Lepuseuropaeus), a declining farmland specialist, in intensive farmlands in Central Europe. Using spotlight surveys we explored population density and habitat preference of the European hare in spring and autumn during 2014-2015 in seven farmland regions, of which six were located in the Czech Republic and one in Austria. The average population density of European hares significantly differed between study regions in the Czech Republic and Austria, however, we found no differences in population density between autumn and spring. In particular, the average European hare population density in study regions in the Czech Republic varied between 6.8-17.0 individuals/100 ha, whereas in Austria the population density reached 65.3 individuals/100 ha. Differences between spring and autumn population densities were not significant. European hare population density was significantly negatively affected by mean patch size and positively by area of arable land. We did not find a significant effect of red fox (Vulpes vulpes) presence on the numbers of European hares in individual regions. Habitat preferences differed among regions with contrasting population densities and field sizes, hares in regions of high density and small fields were more equally distributed among available habitats compared to regions of low or intermediate density and large fields. To conclude, conservation measures focusing on enhancing habitat heterogeneity by reducing field size may be an effective tool to support populations of European hares in arable farmland landscapes. (c) 2017 Published by Elsevier GmbH on behalf of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Saugetierkunde.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Mammalian Biology

ISSN

1616-5047

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

88

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JAN 2018

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

8-15

UT code for WoS article

000425101400002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85034046527