Effects of Climate and Land Use on the Population Dynamics of the Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) in the Southernmost Part of Its Range
Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area and Sampling Design
2.2. Data Analysis
2.2.1. Abundance Models
2.2.2. Occupancy Models
2.2.3. Analysis of Population Trends
3. Results
3.1. Weather
3.2. Land Cover Change (2007–2022)
3.3. Sampling Effort and Capture Success
3.4. Abundance Models
3.5. Occupancy Models
4. Discussion
4.1. Population Dynamics of Bank Voles: The Effects of Climate and Habitat
4.2. Occupancy Dynamics of Bank Voles
4.3. Future Research
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Pyrenees | Mediterranean | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | 2023 | 2008 | 2023 | |
Temperature | 5.52° ± 0.45 °C | 7.61° ± 0.49 °C | 11.75° ± 0.40 °C | 13.22° ± 0.46 °C |
Precipitation | 1652.57 ± 36.19 mm | 921.45 ± 32.93 mm | 1248.58 ± 59.85 mm | 510.63 ± 28.84 mm |
Pyrenees | Mediterranean | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | 2022 | 2007 | 2022 | |
Forest | 77.9 ± 5.29 | 84.7 ± 4.24 | 85.8 ± 4.24 | 85.0 ± 4.32 |
Open | 19.9 ± 4.54 | 15 ± 4.23 | 9.35 ± 4.09 | 10.2 ± 3.95 |
Crops | 0.30 ± 0.19 | 0 | 3.25 ± 1.29 | 2.85 ± 1.07 |
Urban | 0.29 ± 0.20 | 0.35 ± 0.20 | 1.48 ± 0.61 | 1.86 ± 0.66 |
Total Abundance | Adults | Subadults | |
---|---|---|---|
Intercept | 1.00 ** | 227 | −1.50 *** |
(0.44) | (0.36) | (0.28) | |
Coniferous forest | −1.28 * | −1.57 ** | |
(0.76) | (0.77) | ||
Autumn | −0.19 | −0.67 * | |
(0.31) | (0.40) | ||
Pyrenees region | −1.71 ** | 0.04 | |
(0.80) | (0.51) | ||
Precipitation Variance | −0.30 *** | −0.29 ** | |
(12 month before) | (0.11) | (0.12) | |
Mean temperature | −1.21 *** | −0.75 *** | |
(12 month before) | (0.36) | (0.24) | |
Temperature Variance | 0.37 ** | ||
(3 month before) | (0.15) | ||
Autumn:Pyrenees region | 0.72 ** | 1.55 ** | |
(0.31) | (0.67) | ||
R2m | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.05 |
R2c | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.05 |
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de la Huerta-Schliemann, L.; Vilella, M.; Freixas, L.; Torre, I. Effects of Climate and Land Use on the Population Dynamics of the Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) in the Southernmost Part of Its Range. Animals 2025, 15, 839. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15060839
de la Huerta-Schliemann L, Vilella M, Freixas L, Torre I. Effects of Climate and Land Use on the Population Dynamics of the Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) in the Southernmost Part of Its Range. Animals. 2025; 15(6):839. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15060839
Chicago/Turabian Stylede la Huerta-Schliemann, Lucía, Marc Vilella, Lídia Freixas, and Ignasi Torre. 2025. "Effects of Climate and Land Use on the Population Dynamics of the Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) in the Southernmost Part of Its Range" Animals 15, no. 6: 839. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15060839
APA Stylede la Huerta-Schliemann, L., Vilella, M., Freixas, L., & Torre, I. (2025). Effects of Climate and Land Use on the Population Dynamics of the Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) in the Southernmost Part of Its Range. Animals, 15(6), 839. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15060839