DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.12.038
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84873498626
论文题名: Past deforestation of Mediterranean Europe explains the present distribution of the strict forest dweller Myotis bechsteinii
作者: Napal M. ; Garin I. ; Goiti U. ; Salsamendi E. ; Aihartza J.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2013
卷: 293 起始页码: 161
结束页码: 170
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Deforestation
; Diet
; Forest bat
; Habitat selection
; Landscape transformation
; Roost selection
Scopus关键词: Current distribution
; Deciduous forest
; Ecological preferences
; Ecological requirements
; Forest bat
; Forest species
; Habitat fragmentation
; Habitat loss
; Habitat selection
; Human impact
; Iberian Peninsula
; Ideal model
; Landscape transformation
; Oak forests
; Prey selection
; Roost selection
; Southern Europe
; Spatial ecology
; Biodiversity
; Climate change
; Deforestation
; Ecosystems
; Nutrition
; Ocean habitats
; Population distribution
; anthropogenic effect
; bat
; biodiversity
; deforestation
; diet
; habitat fragmentation
; habitat loss
; habitat selection
; prey selection
; roost site
; spatial distribution
; Biodiversity
; Birds
; Deforestation
; Ecosystems
; Nutrition
; Iberian Peninsula
; Mediterranean Region
; Myotis bechsteini
英文摘要: Habitat loss and degradation are perceived as main factors threatening biodiversity. Historical rather than contemporary processes are often responsible for present patterns of species' distribution, but their respective contributions are not always easy to disentangle. The strict forest specialist, sedentary, highly phylopatric Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii) is an ideal model species to assess the effect of historical landscape transformations in the current distribution patterns of forest species. Although to date the species has been considered almost absent from the Mediterranean range (Southern Europe), recently it has been shown to be common in certain spots there. We test whether the present distribution and ecological preferences of the species in this area are related to biogeographical constraints or to clearance of forests from preferred areas. We assessed roost selection, spatial ecology, foraging habitat selection, and prey selection in Atlantic and Mediterranean domains of the Iberian Peninsula. Ecological requirements appeared conserved throughout, but roost selection appeared less constrained in the Mediterranean localities. Hunting occurred preferentially inside closed deciduous oak forest in both regions, but commuting distances and foraging areas were larger in the Atlantic, together with higher habitat fragmentation and lower prey availability. The same prey taxa were eaten in both regions, although their frequency in the diet varied, matching differences in availability. Consequently, scarcity of these bats in Mediterranean Iberia seems to be better explained by the retreat or loss of deciduous forests due to human impacts, coupled with climate change. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/66725
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作者单位: Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of The Basque Country UPV/EHU, Sarriena z.g., E-48940 Leioa, The Basque Country, Spain
Recommended Citation:
Napal M.,Garin I.,Goiti U.,et al. Past deforestation of Mediterranean Europe explains the present distribution of the strict forest dweller Myotis bechsteinii[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2013-01-01,293