Spatial behaviour of yellow-necked wood mouse Apodemus flavicollis in two sub-Mediterranean oak coppice stands

摘要: Strong mutual relationships exist between rodents and ecosystems. By modifying the structure functioning of ecosystems, human activity can affect rodent behaviour ecology. The yellow-necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis is widespread in Europe, its spatial ecology has been studied various habitats, but studies are lacking for Mediterranean forests often altered by forest management practices. We investigated A. a sub-Mediterranean deciduous oak central Italy subject to management. radio-tracked 27 individuals two different coppice stands, i.e. recently cut area high forest, differing terms species-specific habitat quality population density. analysed size home ranges relation type sex. Our results revealed that range core did not differ types or sexes. thus appear be influenced density quality. lack sex-related differences confirms current knowledge on species’ findings provide first useful information forests, whose ecological processes may markedly this key species at several trophic levels.