Small islands in the wide open sea: The importance of non-farmed habitats under power pylons for mammals in agricultural landscape

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880923001597?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880923001597?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108500" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.agee.2023.108500</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Small islands in the wide open sea: The importance of non-farmed habitats under power pylons for mammals in agricultural landscape

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Current lowland agricultural landscapes are characterized by a low representation of biodiversity-rich semi-natural habitats. Even in structurally simple farmlands, the presence of in-field, non-farmed habitats may be beneficial for species persistence. Here, for the first time, we evaluated the importance of non-farmed habitats under high-voltage power line infrastructure for medium-sized mammals inhabiting the intensively-used agricultural landscape. We found the clear choice (in terms of visit frequency and use-intensity) of power pylons over adjacent farmland by individual mammalian species during the winter, with a clear preference for power pylons for dominant species (European hare, roe deer, and red fox). Similarly, our results also revealed that individual mammalian species spend more time and showed a higher share of comfort behavior (e.g., feeding, resting for herbivores, and sniffing for carnivores) under power pylons, while the species mainly passed through the adjacent farmland. Finally, analyses focusing on the effect of local and landscape characteristics on mammal use-intensity underneath power pylons have revealed significant results only for European hare. European hare's use-intensity increased with higher shrub density under power pylons, higher distance to the field edge, and shorter distance to shrub patches. Our findings demonstrated that power line infrastructure might represent crucial in-field non-farmed habitats, offering suitable resting and foraging habitats for various mammal species in agricultural landscape. These habitats may significantly contribute to increasing the biological potential of structurally simple farmlands, which should be taken into consideration in conservation planning within agroecosystems.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Small islands in the wide open sea: The importance of non-farmed habitats under power pylons for mammals in agricultural landscape

Popis výsledku anglicky

Current lowland agricultural landscapes are characterized by a low representation of biodiversity-rich semi-natural habitats. Even in structurally simple farmlands, the presence of in-field, non-farmed habitats may be beneficial for species persistence. Here, for the first time, we evaluated the importance of non-farmed habitats under high-voltage power line infrastructure for medium-sized mammals inhabiting the intensively-used agricultural landscape. We found the clear choice (in terms of visit frequency and use-intensity) of power pylons over adjacent farmland by individual mammalian species during the winter, with a clear preference for power pylons for dominant species (European hare, roe deer, and red fox). Similarly, our results also revealed that individual mammalian species spend more time and showed a higher share of comfort behavior (e.g., feeding, resting for herbivores, and sniffing for carnivores) under power pylons, while the species mainly passed through the adjacent farmland. Finally, analyses focusing on the effect of local and landscape characteristics on mammal use-intensity underneath power pylons have revealed significant results only for European hare. European hare's use-intensity increased with higher shrub density under power pylons, higher distance to the field edge, and shorter distance to shrub patches. Our findings demonstrated that power line infrastructure might represent crucial in-field non-farmed habitats, offering suitable resting and foraging habitats for various mammal species in agricultural landscape. These habitats may significantly contribute to increasing the biological potential of structurally simple farmlands, which should be taken into consideration in conservation planning within agroecosystems.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10618 - Ecology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/SS05010238" target="_blank" >SS05010238: Podpora zbytkových populací zajíce polního (Lepus europaeus) v různých typech zemědělské krajiny: od výzkumu k aplikované ochraně</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

ISSN

0167-8809

e-ISSN

1873-2305

Svazek periodika

351

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

August

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

108500

Kód UT WoS článku

001054845000001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85151036048