Small mammal abundance and seed predation across boundaries in a restored-grazed woodland interface

摘要: Passive restoration is an effective tool for the maintenance and conservation of biodiversity. Often areas in recovery are immersed a matrix land uses, which expansion intensification human activities exert new visible pressures at their boundaries. The degree connectivity between these peripheral lands can be analyzed by mobile link species, organisms that actively move landscape connecting to one another through functional roles. We focus our design on interface generated long-term area surrounding grazing lands. analyze changes boundary structure, small mammal abundance, function native seed dispersal vertebrate species. captured mammals determined removal Prosopis flexuosa three distances inside outside fence delineates passively restored currently grazed areas. Our results indicate rodents find more suitable habitats site under than restored-grazing shows decrease abundance from protected From perspective, increase activity with implications fate, because vegetation could enhance predation tree