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Edible dormice (Glis glis) avoid areas with a high density of their preferred food plant - the European beech

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Zoology, April 2017
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Title
Edible dormice (Glis glis) avoid areas with a high density of their preferred food plant - the European beech
Published in
Frontiers in Zoology, April 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12983-017-0206-0
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Authors

Jessica S. Cornils, Franz Hoelzl, Birgit Rotter, Claudia Bieber, Thomas Ruf

Abstract

Numerous species, especially among rodents, are strongly affected by the availability of pulsed resources. The intermittent production of large seed crops in northern hemisphere tree species (e.g., beech Fagus spec.,oak Quercus spec., pine trees Pinus spec.) are prime examples of these resource pulses. Adult edible dormice are highly dependent on high energy seeds to maximize their reproductive output. For juvenile dormice the energy rich food is important to grow and fatten in a very short time period prior to hibernation. While these erratic, often large-scale synchronized mast events provide overabundant seed availability, a total lack of seed production can be observed in so-called mast failure years. We hypothesized that dormice either switch territories between mast and non-mast years, to maximize energy availability or select habitats in which alternative food sources are also available (e.g., fleshy fruits, cones). To analyze the habitat preferences of edible dormice we performed environmental niche factor analyses (ENFA) for 9 years of capture-recapture data. As expected, the animals mainly used areas with high canopy closure and vertical stratification, probably to avoid predation. Surprisingly, we found that dormice avoided areas with high beech tree density, but in contrast preferred areas with a relatively high proportion of coniferous trees. Conifer cones and leaves can be an alternative food source for edible dormice and are less variable in availability. Therefore, we conclude that edible dormice try to avoid areas with large fluctuations in food availability to be able to survive years without mast in their territory.

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Country Count As %
Italy 1 3%
Unknown 28 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 5 17%
Researcher 4 14%
Student > Master 3 10%
Student > Postgraduate 2 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 7%
Other 3 10%
Unknown 10 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 34%
Environmental Science 4 14%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 3%
Physics and Astronomy 1 3%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 1 3%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 12 41%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 74. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 May 2017.
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