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DOI10.1007/s13364-016-0269-x
Landscape influence on the feeding habits of European badger (Meles meles) in arid Spain
Requena-Mullor, J. M.1; Lopez, E.1,2; Castro, A. J.1,4; Virgos, E.5; Castro, H.1,3
通讯作者Requena-Mullor, J. M.
来源期刊MAMMAL RESEARCH
ISSN2199-2401
EISSN2199-241X
出版年2016
卷号61期号:3页码:197-207
英文摘要

This study evaluates the influence of landscape on the feeding habits of the European badger (Meles meles) in the southern Iberian Peninsula and discusses some potential implications that the scenarios of climate change and land use and land cover changes proposed for this region could have on the diet of badgers. We particularly explore whether different vegetation types and land uses affect its feeding habits across three arid landscapes: maquia, xeric shrubland, and forestry. Although badger diet in Mediterranean environments has been described as frugivorous, in which the key food resources are wild or cultivated fruit (e.g., olives or figs), this species’ diet may vary in response to landscape composition, with individuals locally consuming different key items in an arid Mediterranean context. Based on the analysis of 252 scats collected monthly from June 2011 to May 2012, we found that diet significantly varied among the landscapes studied: Insects, carob, and small mammals were the key items in the maquia, figs, and oranges in the xeric shrubland, and earthworms and insects in the forestry. This shows that in an arid context, badgers adapt their diet to particular landscape conditions. Thus, our results support the important role of human activities, specifically the fruit orchards, in shaping badger diet and highlight the contrasting dietary differences of badgers, i.e., from an animal-based diet to one dominated by cultivated fruits when this type of crops are relevant in the landscape. In these circumstances and based on the proven effect of precipitation and land management practices on the food items identified here, we suggest that crop abandonment and less precipitation could reduce the availability of the badger’s key food resources, locally affecting its fitness and including local extinction where the habitats are extremely arid or crop abandonment is dominant.


英文关键词Meles mele Diet Frugivory Iberian Peninsula Drylands Land use Land cover
类型Article
语种英语
国家Spain ; USA
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000377940400004
WOS关键词MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL AREA ; FOOD-HABITS ; EURASIAN BADGERS ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; SPECIALIZATION ; ENVIRONMENTS ; BIODIVERSITY ; POPULATION ; HYPOTHESIS ; SELECTION
WOS类目Zoology
WOS研究方向Zoology
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/194993
作者单位1.Univ Almeria, Andalusian Ctr Assessment & Monitoring Global Cha, Almeria 04120, Spain;
2.Univ Almeria, Dept Educ, Didact Expt Sci Area, Almeria 04120, Spain;
3.Univ Almeria, Dept Biol & Geol, Almeria 04120, Spain;
4.Idaho State Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Gale Life Sci Bldg,Rm 207,921 S 8th Ave, Pocatello, ID 83209 USA;
5.Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Coll Expt Sci & Technol, Biodivers & Conservat Area, Dept 1,Off 216,C Tulipan S-N, E-28933 Madrid, Spain
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Requena-Mullor, J. M.,Lopez, E.,Castro, A. J.,et al. Landscape influence on the feeding habits of European badger (Meles meles) in arid Spain[J],2016,61(3):197-207.
APA Requena-Mullor, J. M.,Lopez, E.,Castro, A. J.,Virgos, E.,&Castro, H..(2016).Landscape influence on the feeding habits of European badger (Meles meles) in arid Spain.MAMMAL RESEARCH,61(3),197-207.
MLA Requena-Mullor, J. M.,et al."Landscape influence on the feeding habits of European badger (Meles meles) in arid Spain".MAMMAL RESEARCH 61.3(2016):197-207.
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