Habitat-quality effects on metapopulation dynamics in greater white-toothed shrews, Crocidura russula.

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Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Habitat-quality effects on metapopulation dynamics in greater white-toothed shrews, Crocidura russula.
Périodique
Ecology
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Jaquiéry J., Guélat J., Broquet T., Berset-Brändli L., Pellegrini E., Moresi R., Hirzel A.H., Perrin N.
ISSN
0012-9658 (Print)
ISSN-L
0012-9658
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2008
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
89
Numéro
10
Pages
2777-2785
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
The effects of patch size and isolation on metapopulation dynamics have received wide empirical support and theoretical formalization. By contrast, the effects of patch quality seem largely underinvestigated, partly due to technical difficulties in properly assessing quality. Here we combine habitat-quality modeling with four years of demographic monitoring in a metapopulation of greater white-toothed shrews (Crocidura russula) to investigate the role of patch quality on metapopulation processes. Together, local patch quality and connectivity significantly enhanced local population sizes and occupancy rates (R2 = 14% and 19%, respectively). Accounting for the quality of patches connected to the focal one and acting as potential sources improved slightly the model explanatory power for local population sizes, pointing to significant source-sink dynamics. Local habitat quality, in interaction with connectivity, also increased colonization rate (R2 = 28%), suggesting the ability of immigrants to target high-quality patches. Overall, patterns were best explained when assuming a mean dispersal distance of 800 m, a realistic value for the species under study. Our results thus provide evidence that patch quality, in interaction with connectivity, may affect major demographic processes.
Mots-clé
Animals, Demography, Ecosystem, Environment, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Male, Models, Biological, Population Density, Population Dynamics, Population Surveillance/methods, Shrews/growth & development, Shrews/physiology
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Web of science
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07/02/2008 8:35
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