ISSN:
1573-5052
Keywords:
Disturbances
;
Diversity
;
Fossorial mammals
;
Microtus (Terricola) duodecimcostatus
;
Revegetation
;
Vegetation dynamic
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract The influence of mediterranean pine vole (Microtus (Terricola) duodecimcostatus) mound-building activity in two Western Spanish Pyrenees plant communities (Mesobromion erecti and Festucion eskiae-Nardion strictae) were studied. The plants colonizing the gaps in these areas are different in the two cases considered. The plant composition of surrounding plant communities seems to be the main factor in revegetation. Mound-building activity changes the species' relative frequency and life-form spectrum, decreases the monocytyledonous/dicotyledonous ratio and increases diversity by diminishing the presence of dominant plant species.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00033259