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DOI	10.1163/22238980-00001049
	The impact of Acacia saligna and the loss of mobile dunes on rodent populations: a case study in the Ashdod-Nizzanim sands in Israel
	Anglister, Nili; Yom-Tov, Yoram; Motro, Uzi
通讯作者	Motro, U (corresponding author), Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Dept Stat, Dept Ecol Evolut & Behav, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel. ; Motro, U (corresponding author), Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Federmann Ctr Study Rat, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel.
来源期刊	ISRAEL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES
ISSN	0792-9978
EISSN	2223-8980
出版年	2019
卷号	66 期号:3-4 页码:162-169
英文摘要	The Mediterranean coastal dune habitat of Israel is diminishing rapidly, mostly due to massive urbanization, changes in habitat characteristics caused by dune stabilization and the presence of Acacia saligna, an invasive species brought to Israel for the purpose of dune stabilization. In this study we document the effect of sand stabilization on the composition of small mammal communities in the Ashdod-Nizzanim sands, Israel. We analyzed differences in species diversity and abundance for species of rodents in four types of habitat: unstable (mobile) sand dune, semi-stabilized dune, inter-dune depression and a plot of the invasive Acacia saligna. Rodent communities were found to undergo gradual changes concurrently with the stabilization of the sands. The mobile dune was the only habitat in which the strict psammophiles Jaculus jaculus and Gerbillus pyramidum were captured in abundance. No species commensal with human were captured neither in the mobile nor in the semi-stabilized dunes. However, in the inter-dune depression there was quite a large representation of Mus musculus, a rodent commensal with humans. The Acacia saligna plot had the lowest number of captures and the lowest rodent biomass calculated, with Mus musculus composing nearly half of the captures. The results of this study demonstrate that stabilization of the sands in Ashdod-Nizzanim area is associated with the disappearance of psammophile rodents and the appearance of species commensal with humans. In order to preserve the habitat for psammophile rodents, measures should be taken to halt the spread of acacia and the continuing stabilization of the sands.
英文关键词	Acacia saligna commensals dune stabilization invading species psammophiles rodents
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000492955300004
WOS关键词	DESERT RODENTS ; SMALL MAMMALS ; INVASIONS ; HABITATS ; RISK
WOS类目	Plant Sciences
WOS研究方向	Plant Sciences
来源机构	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/369418
作者单位	[Anglister, Nili; Yom-Tov, Yoram] Tel Aviv Univ, Dept Zool, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel; [Motro, Uzi] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Dept Stat, Dept Ecol Evolut & Behav, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel; [Motro, Uzi] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Federmann Ctr Study Rat, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Anglister, Nili,Yom-Tov, Yoram,Motro, Uzi. The impact of Acacia saligna and the loss of mobile dunes on rodent populations: a case study in the Ashdod-Nizzanim sands in Israel[J]. Hebrew University of Jerusalem,2019,66(3-4):162-169.
APA	Anglister, Nili,Yom-Tov, Yoram,&Motro, Uzi.(2019).The impact of Acacia saligna and the loss of mobile dunes on rodent populations: a case study in the Ashdod-Nizzanim sands in Israel.ISRAEL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES,66(3-4),162-169.
MLA	Anglister, Nili,et al."The impact of Acacia saligna and the loss of mobile dunes on rodent populations: a case study in the Ashdod-Nizzanim sands in Israel".ISRAEL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES 66.3-4(2019):162-169.