Shrews in suburbia: an application of Goodman's extinction model

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Title
Shrews in suburbia: an application of Goodman's extinction model
Journal
Biological Conservation
Author(s)
Burgmann M., Cantoni D., Vogel P.
ISSN
0006-3207
Publication state
Published
Issued date
1992
Volume
61
Number
2
Pages
117-123
Language
english
Abstract
An equation is applied for calculating the expected persistence time of an unstructured population of the white-toothed shrew Crocidura russula from Preverenges, a suburban area in western Switzerland. Population abundance data from March and November between 1977 and 1988 were fit to the logistic density dependence model to estimate mean population growth rate as a function of population density. The variance in mean growth rate was approximated with two different models. The largest estimated persistence time was less than a few decades, the smallest less than 10 years. The results are sensitive to the magnitude of variance in population growth rate. Deviations from the logistic density dependence model in November are quite well explained by weather variables but those in March are uncorrelated with weather variables. Variability in population growth rates measured in winter months may be better explained by behavioural mechanisms. Environmental variability, dispersal of juveniles and refugia within the range of the population may contribute to its long-term survival.
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