ZELAC: grassland small mammal surveys based on activity indices (2023)

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Data creators : Geoffroy Couval [1], Patrick Giraudoux [2]
Data collector : Geoffroy Couval [1], Aurélien Levret [1], Julie Montaz [1]
[1] : FREDON Bourgogne Franche-Comté
[2] : Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249) (Université de Franche-Comté)
Description :
Microtus arvalis, Arvicola terrestris and Talpa europea relative density scores recorded along transects carried out from April 2007 onwards.
Discipline :
ecology (applied biology - ecology)
Access details :
The data set is available as part of scientific cooperation carried out with the authors

General metadata

Data acquisition date : from Apr 2007 ongoing
Data acquisition methods :
  • Observational data :
    Field collection - Estimates of abundance were based on surface indices. This consists in walking transect lines and recording indices at intervals of ten paces (see Delattre et al. 1992; Quéré et al. 2000; Giraudoux et al. 1995)
Update periodicity : biannually
Language : English (eng)
Formats : application/vnd.ms-excel, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text, application/x-shapefile
Audience : Research

Coverages

Spatial coverage :

  • Jura: latitude between 46° 58' 11" N and 46° 55' 47" N, longitude between 6° 15' 35" E and 6° 18' 54" E

Time coverage :

Taxonomic coverage :

  • Species
    Microtus arvalis MSW (Common vole), Arvicola terrestris COL (European water vole), Talpa europaea MSW (European mole)
Publications :
  • Giraudoux, P., Levret, A., Afonso, E., Coeurdassier, M., Couval, G., 2020. Numerical response of predators to large variations of grassland vole abundance and long-term community changes. Ecology and Evolution 10, 14221–14246. (doi:10.1002/ece3.7020)
  • Jacob, J., Imholt, C., Caminero-Saldaña, C., Couval, G., Giraudoux, P., Herrero-Cófreces, S., Horváth, G., Luque-Larena, J.J., Tkadlec, E., Wymenga, E., 2020. Europe-wide outbreaks of common voles in 2019. J Pest Sci. (doi:10.1007/s10340-020-01200-2)
Collection :
Record created 7 Mar 2023 by Patrick Giraudoux.
Local identifier: FR-13002091000019-2023-03-07-02.

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