Small mammal community response to early meadow–forest succession

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摘要 Background:WithfarmlandafforestationbecomingcommonpolicyinmanyEuropeanUnioncountries,westudiedhowearlyforestsuccession(frommeadowtoyoungstand)influencessmallmammalspeciescomposition,diversity,abundanceandbiomass.Despitenumerousinvestigationsintoforestsuccession,almostnoattentionhasbeengiventothesmallmammalcommunitychangeintheearly-successionalforestecosystems,startingwiththepre-foresthabitatandendingwithstandformationandtheestablishmentoftreedominance.Wecomparedsmallmammalcommunitiesinmeadowsattheinitialstageofregrowth(withsaplingslessthan10cminheight),inyoungforest(5–10yearsold)andmoreadvancedforest(15–20years)inbothcasesofhuman-inducedforestsuccession,wherethetreeshadbeenplanted,andnaturalforestsuccession,wherenaturalregrowthofmeadowshadoccurred.Results:Thegreatestdiversityofsmallmammalspecieswasrecordedinthemeadow(H=2.95),withalowerdiversityfoundintheyoungforest(H=2.61)andevenlowerintheadvancedforest(H=2.04),thelasthabitatbeingthemostmonodominantic.TheorderofspeciesdominancefromMicrotussp.(M.arvalis,M.agrestis),Myodesglareolus,Apodemusflavicollis,Sorexaraneus,A.agrariusinthemeadowchangedtoM.glareolus,S.araneus,M.arvalis,M.agrestisintheyoungforestandtoM.glareolus,A.flavicollis,S.araneusintheadvancedforest.Thelowestrelativeabundanceofsmallmammalswasrecordedinthemeadow(18.19±2.27ind.Per100trap-days),withMicrotusvolesbeingthemostabundant.Relativeabundancewashigherintheyoungforest(22.72±2.25ind.Per100trap-days),withMyodesglareolusbeingthemostabundant(7.59±0.96ind.Per100trap-days)andatitshighestintheadvancedforest(23.91±2.77ind.Per100trap-days),againwithM.glareolusbeingthemostabundant(15.54±2.35ind.Per100trap-days).Conclusions:Thus,ouranalysissuggeststhatthatduringearlymeadow-forestsuccession,thediversityofthe
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出版日期 2017年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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