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Cyclic voles and shrews and non-cyclic mice in a marginal grassland within European temperate forest

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Zub, K., Jędrzejewska, B., Jędrzejewski, W., Bartoń, K. A.·2012·Acta Theriologica

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Cyclic population dynamics of small mammals are not restricted to the boreal and arctic zones of Eurasia and North America, but long-term data series from lower latitudes are still less common. We demonstrated here the presence of periodic oscillations in small mammal populations in eastern Poland using 22-year (1986-2007) trapping data from marginal meadow and river valley grasslands located in the extensive temperate woodland of Białowieża Primeval Forest. The two most common species inhabiting meadows and river valleys, root vole Microtus oeconomus and common shrew Sorex araneus, exhibited synchronous periodic changes, characterised by a 3-year time lag as indicated by an autocorrelation function. Moreover, the cycles of these two species were synchronous within both habitats. Population dynamics of the striped field mouse Apodemus agrarius was not cyclic. However, this species regularly reached maximum density 1 year before the synchronized peak of root voles and common shrews, which may suggest the existence of interspecific competition. Dynamics of all three species was dominated by direct density-dependent process, whereas delayed density dependent feedback was significant only in the root vole and common shrew. Climatic factors acting in winter and spring (affecting mainly survival and initial reproduction rates) were more important than those acting in summer and autumn and affected significantly only the common shrew. High temperatures in winter and spring had positive effects on autumn-to-autumn changes in abundance of this species, whereas deep snow in combination with high rainfall in spring negatively affected population increase rates in common shrew.

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Authors
Zub, K., Jędrzejewska, B., Jędrzejewski, W., & Bartoń, K. A.
Affiliations
Mammal Research Institute (PL)
Corresponding author
Zub, K.
Venue
Acta Theriologica
Published
2012-02-14
Volume
57
Issue
3
Pages
205-216
ISSN
  • 0001-7051 (ISSN-L)
  • 2190-3743
OpenAlex
W2069638425
Cited by
60
References
56
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FWCI
3.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
cc-by
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  • ACTA THERIOLOGICA (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Instytut Biologii Ssaków Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
Keywords
root vole, Microtus oeconomus, Sorex araneus, Apodemus agrarius, interspecific competition, density dependence, delayed density dependence, winter temperature, snow depth, rainfall, temperate forests, Białowieża Primeval Forest

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