Applying ecological knowledge in landscape planning: a simulation model as a tool to evaluate scenarios for the badger in the Netherlands

Apeldoorn, R.C. van; Knaapen, J.P.; Schippers, Peter; Verboom, J.; Engen, Hans Van; Meeuwsen, H.A.M.

doi:10.1016/s0169-2046(97)00058-3

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“…In the Netherlands, cultivated fields have been positively associated with badger distribution (Van Apeldoorn et al, 1998), but in our study they had a clear negative influence on badger abundance, which is consistent with findings in other Mediterranean ecosystems (Remonti et al, 2006;Santos and Beier, 2008). Cultivated fields in the semi-arid environments of the Iberian Peninsula are intensive and dominate the landscape.…”

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Habitat selection by European badgers in Mediterranean semi-arid ecosystems

Lara‐Romero

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Escribano-Ávila

et al. 2012

Journal of Arid Environments

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Habitat selection by European badgers in Mediterranean semi-arid ecosystems

Lara‐Romero

Virgós

Escribano-Ávila

et al. 2012

Journal of Arid Environments

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“…Badgers did not seem to select for deciduous trees at any scale in our study. In contrast, deciduous trees are important habitats for badgers in northern Europe (e.g., Van Apeldoorn et al 1998;Wright et al 2000). These areas provide for high moisture content, arable soil for sett construction, and staple food availability (earthworms) (e.g., Kruuk and Parish 1981).…”

Section: Badger Habitat Selectionmentioning

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Eurasian badger habitat selection in Mediterranean environments: Does scale really matter?

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It is widely believed that spatial scale affects habitat selection, and should influence management options, especially for species with wide geographic distribution or large territories. Eurasian badger habitat selection has been well studied throughout most of its European distribution range, but never at multiple spatial scales. We used compositional analysis to assess habitat selection of Eurasian badgers in southern Portugal at four spatial scales (1, 4, 25, and 100 km 2 ). We assessed habitat use from setts, latrines and footprints presence, and road kills. Oak woodlands with understorey were selected at all scales, being the most preferred habitat at 3 scales (1, 4, and 100 km 2 ). Pastures were most selected at the scale of the 25 km 2 cell, but their use was not significantly different from oak woodland with understorey. Shrubs and pastures were also secondly important at the majority of scales. Contrary to findings at northern latitudes, deciduous forests decreased in importance as cell size increased. In the highly humanized and fragmented landscape of southern Portugal, Eurasian badgers are selecting the matrix of oak woodlands interspersed with patches of pastures, shrubs and riparian vegetation. In these oak woodlands, scale does not have a marked effect. Management for badgers should provide, for at least, 30% of oak woodland cover at all scales. Our study illustrates the across-scale importance of maintaining the historically human altered, sustainable and unique landscape and land use system -the montado.

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“…Cleary et al (2009) found a low frequency of occurrence of cereals in the diet of Irish badgers, but most foraging fixes in arable land in our study occurred during the summer when cereals in Ireland are due for harvest and therefore are sufficiently edible. Lara-Romero et al (2012) and others (Remonti et al 2006;Santos and Beier 2008) have reported that arable coverage can negatively influence badger densities in Iberian and Italian landscapes, but van Apeldoorn et al (1998) found the opposite effect in the Netherlands. Overall avoidance of arable land in our study area may relate to the more intensive human activity and modification associated with cereal cultivation.…”

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Impact of human land use patterns and climatic variables on badger (Meles meles) foraging behaviour in Ireland

2015

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How anthropogenic and climatic effects impact on species has arisen as one of the most fundamental questions in conservation biology today. We hypothesised that human land use patterns in an agricultural matrix would influence habitat selection in badgers and, further, that seasonal and climatic factors would also have an impact. Here, using both radiotelemetry and direct observations, we clearly define badger foraging ranges and show that at the landscape and home range level, our study badgers selected pasture fields and marginal habitat such as hedgerows, whilst avoiding arable land. Both sexes tended to travel over 2 km/night, with males consistently travelling further than females. We found not only considerable overlap in the foraging and even core ranges of badgers from the same sett, but also surprising foraging range overlap between males of different setts. In terms of the nightly distance travelled during foraging forays, greater arable coverage did not force badgers to travel further, and of the climatic variables examined, only rainfall had a moderate but not significant effect. Our findings suggest a high degree of social fluidity in this study population, which may have consequences for bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) transmission.

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Applying ecological knowledge in landscape planning: a simulation model as a tool to evaluate scenarios for the badger in the Netherlands

Cited by 29 publications

References 19 publications

Habitat selection by European badgers in Mediterranean semi-arid ecosystems

Habitat selection by European badgers in Mediterranean semi-arid ecosystems

Eurasian badger habitat selection in Mediterranean environments: Does scale really matter?

Impact of human land use patterns and climatic variables on badger (Meles meles) foraging behaviour in Ireland

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