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Livestock grazing intensity affects abundance of Common shrews (Sorex araneus) in two meadows in Denmark |
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| Authors: | Niels M Schmidt Henrik Olsen Herwig Leirs |
| Institution: | (1) Section for Climate Effects and System Modelling, Department of Arctic Environment, National Environmental Research Institute, University of Aarhus, Frederiksborgvej 399, PO Box 358, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark;(2) Section of Zoology, Department of Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark;(3) Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory, Department of Integrated Pest Management, University of Aarhus, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Skovbrynet 14, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark;(4) Evolutionary Ecology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium |
| Abstract: | BackgroundCurrent nature conservation in semi-natural grasslands often includes grazing and hay cutting, as well as the abandonment of draining. Semi-natural grassland and in particular meadows constitute important habitat type for a large number of animal species in today's fragmented and intensively cultivated landscape of Europe. Here we focus on the population characteristics of Common shrews Sorex araneus in relation to livestock grazing intensity in two wet meadows in western Denmark. |
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