Carnivore distribution across habitats in a central-European landscape: a camera trap study

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/67985939:_____/18:00495002 RIV/00216208:11310/18:10386082

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.770.22554" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.770.22554</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.770.22554" target="_blank" >10.3897/zookeys.770.22554</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Carnivore distribution across habitats in a central-European landscape: a camera trap study

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Quantitative data on local variation in patterns of occurrence of common carnivore species, such as the red fox, European badger, or martens in central Europe are largely missing. We conducted a study focusing on carnivore ecology and distribution in a cultural landscape with the use of modern technology. We placed 73 automated infra-red camera traps into four different habitats differing in water availability and canopy cover (mixed forest, wetland, shrubby grassland and floodplain forest) in the Polabi region near Prague, Czech Republic. Each habitat was represented by three or four spatially isolated sites within which the camera traps were distributed. During the year of the study, we recorded nine carnivore species, including the non-native golden jackal. Habitats with the highest numbers of records pooled across all species were wetland (1279) and shrubby grassland (1014); fewer records were made in mixed (876) and floodplain forest (734). Habitat had a significant effect on the number of records of badger and marten, and a marginally significant effect on fox. In terms of seasonal dynamics, there were significant differences in the distribution of records among seasons in fox, marginally significant in least weasel, and the occurrence among seasons did not differ for badger and marten. In the summer, fox and marten were more active than expected by chance during the day, while the pattern was opposite in winter when they were more active during the night. Our findings on habitat preferences and circadian and seasonal activity provided the first quantitative data on patterns whose existence was assumed on the basis of conventional wisdom. Our study demonstrates the potential of a long-term monitoring approach based on infra-red camera traps. Generally, the rather frequent occurrence of recorded species indicates that most carnivore specks are thriving in current central-European landscapes characterized by human-driven disturbances and urbanization.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Carnivore distribution across habitats in a central-European landscape: a camera trap study

Popis výsledku anglicky

Quantitative data on local variation in patterns of occurrence of common carnivore species, such as the red fox, European badger, or martens in central Europe are largely missing. We conducted a study focusing on carnivore ecology and distribution in a cultural landscape with the use of modern technology. We placed 73 automated infra-red camera traps into four different habitats differing in water availability and canopy cover (mixed forest, wetland, shrubby grassland and floodplain forest) in the Polabi region near Prague, Czech Republic. Each habitat was represented by three or four spatially isolated sites within which the camera traps were distributed. During the year of the study, we recorded nine carnivore species, including the non-native golden jackal. Habitats with the highest numbers of records pooled across all species were wetland (1279) and shrubby grassland (1014); fewer records were made in mixed (876) and floodplain forest (734). Habitat had a significant effect on the number of records of badger and marten, and a marginally significant effect on fox. In terms of seasonal dynamics, there were significant differences in the distribution of records among seasons in fox, marginally significant in least weasel, and the occurrence among seasons did not differ for badger and marten. In the summer, fox and marten were more active than expected by chance during the day, while the pattern was opposite in winter when they were more active during the night. Our findings on habitat preferences and circadian and seasonal activity provided the first quantitative data on patterns whose existence was assumed on the basis of conventional wisdom. Our study demonstrates the potential of a long-term monitoring approach based on infra-red camera traps. Generally, the rather frequent occurrence of recorded species indicates that most carnivore specks are thriving in current central-European landscapes characterized by human-driven disturbances and urbanization.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10618 - Ecology

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

ZooKeys

ISSN

1313-2989

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

Neuveden

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

770

Stát vydavatele periodika

BG - Bulharská republika

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

227-246

Kód UT WoS článku

000437333100009

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85050380845