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Habitat requirements of Eurasian pine marten Martes martes in a Mediterranean environment

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Lombardini M., Cinerari C. E., Murru M., Vidus Rosin A., Mazzoleni L., Meriggi A.

Acta Theriologica

2015

tom 60

nr 2

Evaluating presence and habitat requirements of small carnivores is essential for their conservation. The Eurasian pine marten Martes martes, often described as a habitat specialist associated primarily with forest habitats, has been recently found to live even in patchily wooded country and in shrublands. We evaluated the environmental factors that determine the distribution of the pine marten in a Mediterranean landscape on the island of Sardinia (central Italy). Camera trapping sessions and scat surveys were carried out to assess the presence of the species, then a potential distribution model was developed using ecological niche factor analysis (ENFA), which requires only presence data. The pine marten selected highest altitudes, shrublands, rocky areas, and woodlands, and avoided urban areas and arable lands. Our results indicate that pine marten distribution in our study area is constrained by these variables. The ENFA analysis provided important clues about the distribution range of M. martes and its preferential environmental conditions, updating knowledge of its ecological requirements in Italy.

Effects of forest roads on large mammal behaviour

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Turk Y., Cometen S., Keten A.

Polish Journal of Ecology

2020

tom 68

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Monitoring small and arboreal mammals by camera traps: effectiveness and applications

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Di Cerbo A. R., Biancardi C. M.

Acta Theriologica

2013

tom 58

nr 3

Camera trapping has been widely applied to studies of medium to large terrestrial mammals, but its application to small arboreal mammals has hardly been tested. We employed camera trapping and other conventional monitoring methods during a mammal survey in a Site of Community Importance located within the Adda North Regional Park (Lombardy, Italy). Camera trapping was particularly successful for monitoring arboreal mammals, allowing the first detection of presence of the invasive grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in an area occupied by indigenous red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) and the collection of a large amount of data on squirrels and common dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius). When triggered, cameras were set to record short video clips (10 to 40 s). More than 400 events were recorded and analysed, mainly from the autumn and winter months. The daily activity pattern of both species displayed a trend from two to three activity peaks in summer to a unimodal pattern in winter, with the peaks of the two species temporally separated. Camera trapping could be a useful method also when applied to monitoring small mammals, particularly endangered arboreal or invasive alien species. For instance, the monitoring of the spread of S. carolinensis is particularly important, where the early detection of new population can be crucial for the conservation of indigenous European species. Camera trapping can be an effective addition to traditional survey methods. It provides a simple non-invasive technique for collecting a large amount of data per device with limited human effort.

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2 Acta Theriologica

1 Polish Journal of Ecology

1 Biancardi C. M.

1 Cinerari C. E.

1 Cometen S.

1 Di Cerbo A. R.

1 Keten A.

1 Lombardini M.

1 Mazzoleni L.

1 Meriggi A.

1 Murru M.

1 Turk Y.

1 Vidus Rosin A.

1 2020

1 2015

1 2013

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Habitat requirements of Eurasian pine marten Martes martes in a Mediterranean environment

Effects of forest roads on large mammal behaviour

Monitoring small and arboreal mammals by camera traps: effectiveness and applications