Influence of exotic forest plantations on occupancy and co-occurrence patterns in a Mediterranean carnivore guild

摘要: The Mediterranean basin is a biodiversity hotspot which being threatened by land abandonment and afforestation, most notably with eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.) plantations. We assessed the impact of plantations on niche partitioning in carnivore community consisting red fox (Vulpes vulpes), badger (Meles meles), stone marten (Martes foina). Based data from camera trapping, we evaluated influence species occupancy detection single-species co-occurrence models temporal activity. Eucalyptus cover negatively influenced probability across all both single models. Stone decreased presence other carnivores but increased badgers. had negative effect foxes, preferred open farmland evergreen oak forest. large patches forest, whereas w...