Ecological factors driving the higher hedgehog (Erinaceus europeaus) density in an urban area compared to the adjacent rural area

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-43

  Hubert, Pauline ^a,b   Julliard, Romain ^c   Biagianti, Sylvie ^a   Poulle, Marie Lazarine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Distance sampling; European hedgehog; Food resources; Population density; Urban adapter; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DISTANCE SAMPLING; EUROPEAN HEDGEHOG; FOOD RESOURCES; POPULATION DENSITIES; URBAN ADAPTER; URBAN ECOLOGY;

RURAL AREAS;

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; EARTHWORM; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMALL MAMMAL; URBAN AREA;

FRANCE;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 80052661454     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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