<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Enriquez, M. L.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Abril, S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Díaz, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gómez, C.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nest site selection by the Argentine ant and suitability of artificial nests as a control tool</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">INSECTES SOCIAUX</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Argentine ant control</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Artificial nests</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nest longevity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nest seasonal shifts</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nest selection</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">60</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">507 - 516</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Argentine ant is an invasive species that has been introduced worldwide causing devastating effects on entire ecosystems. Control strategies might be focused on slowing its rate of spread to limit its establishment inside yet non-invaded areas. For this, a better knowledge about nest selection is necessary to identify rapidly and accurately nest locations where to apply control measures. Herein, nest site selection by the Argentine ant, nests' physical characteristics and their longevity were studied in three invaded cork oak secondary forest. Results showed that this species shifts nest locations seasonally to keep appropriate microclimatic conditions, nesting mainly underneath rocks during cold and rainy months and in tree bases during warmer periods. The terrain features at micro-scale (orientation and slope) were found to influence the distribution of the Argentine ant nests beneath rocks. Additionally, artificial nests used as a control tool were tested, finding that their use may be suitable if they are set in appropriate locations and before the ants start migrating to winter aggregations.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;pub-location: PICASSOPLATZ 4, BASEL, 4052, SWITZERLAND&lt;br/&gt;publisher: SPRINGER BASEL AG</style></notes></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Díaz, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Torre, I.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Peris, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tena, L.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foraging behavior of wood mice as related to presence and activity of genets</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Apodemus sylvaticus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">foraging behavior</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">genetta genetta</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">86</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1178 - 1185</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Predators influence the distribution of prey directly if predation reduces local population density, or indirectly if the presence of predators induces behavioral or physiological responses to predation risk. We analyzed whether the foraging behavior of wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) was affected by the presence and activity of small-spotted genets (Genetta genetta) at ``risky{''} baiting stations monitored with automatic cameras. Sampling stations in 6 x 6 grids spaced at 250 m were arranged in 3 habitat types (shrubland, pine woodland, and holm oak woodland). Grids were sampled systematically by means of groups of 2-9 cameras monitoring sampling stations during a week. We obtained 377 independent contacts of wood mice and 35 independent contacts of at least 8 different genets. Patterns of habitat use by genets and wood mice were spatially discordant, because only 2 cameras detected both. Wood mice visited baits more often and during longer periods in groups of sampling stations where genets were not detected than in groups where genets were detected within the same week. Mean time spent foraging by genets negatively influenced both the number of foraging bouts per night and the mean duration of such bouts by mice using nearby baits. Finally, temporal patterns of activity of mice along the night were different depending on whether genets were foraging nearby. Temporal patterns of mice when and where genets were absent were positively correlated with patterns of genet activity, whereas mice patterns were negatively correlated with genet patterns when and where genets were present. Sampling dates, habitat types, and moonlight levels did not seem to have influenced these results. Wood mice showed spatial and temporal changes in foraging behavior in response to the presence of genets, and decisions about how often and how long to forage were affected by foraging activity of genets. Results obtained provided direct evidence of a foraging game of stealth and fear between mice and their predator that could help to explain mice distribution in Mediterranean postfire habitats.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;pub-location: 810 EAST 10TH STREET, LAWRENCE, KS 66044 USA&lt;br/&gt;publisher: ALLIANCE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP DIVISION ALLEN PRESS</style></notes></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Díaz, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pulido, F. J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MARAÑON, T.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Diversidad biológica y sostenibilidad ecológica y económica de los sistemas adehesados</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ecosistemas</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Los bosques mediterráneos son sistemas naturales con una elevada diversidad biológica, que tiende a aumentar cuando son explotados para formar dehesas arboladas. Dentro de este sistema de explotación, la riqueza de especies varía en función de los efectos del manejo humano sobre la estructura de la vegetación, tanto subarbórea (presencia de cultivos de cereal o manchas de matorral) como arbórea (densidad de árboles). Estas tendencias se observan en varios grupos de organismos y para un amplio rango de escalas espaciales, y parecen deberse a la íntima coexistencia espacial en las dehesas de elementos faunísticos y florísticos forestales, asociados al arbolado y al matorral, y de elementos propios de zonas abiertas, asociados a los pastizales y cultivos sobre los que crecen los árboles. La coexistencia a escala de finca de distintos usos, así como la coexistencia de las dehesas y otros hábitats a escala regional, contribuyen al mantenimiento de especies adicionales. No obstante, se requieren perturbaciones como el fuego o el uso humano, que serían las causas últimas de esta diversidad. La diversidad biológica de las dehesas podría contribuir a su sostenibilidad económica si èsta es valorada adecuadamente por la sociedad. Además, se requerirían medidas adicionales que garantizasen situaciones temporales de menor diversidad pero indispensables para la regeneración del arbolado y la sostenibilidad ecológica de este peculiar sistema de explotación.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Díaz, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Santos, T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tellería, J. L.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Effects of forest fragmentation on the winter body condition and population parameters of an habitat generalist, the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus: a test of</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acta Oecologica</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Body condition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Body size</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">demography</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Forest fragmentation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">population density</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">winter</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">wood mouse</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1999</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1999///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1146609X99800149</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">20</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">39 - 49</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Three main causal hypotheses have been proposed to explain the inverse relationships between habitat patch size and density of gen- eralist mouse species in fragmented habitats: 1) enhanced habitat conditions as habitat patch size decreases; 2) inhibited emigration of excess indi- viduals in small and isolated habitat patches; and 3). reduced territoriality in small patches because they are occupied temporarily by non- reproductive individuals. From the mechanism underlying each hypothesis, we derived predictions on the effects of fragment size on the body condition of individuals (measured both as absolute body size and as body mass relative to body size) and some demographic parameters of mouse populations redated to reproductive output (sex-ratio and proportions of sexually active and recently-born individuals), and we tested such predic- tions with data from wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus wintering in three Spanish forest archipelagos in which the inverse relationship between for- est patch size and mouse abundance had been previously proven. No differences in average body size or in average body mass relative to body size were detected among fragments. Mouse populations wintering in small fragments showed more male-biased sex-ratios, a larger proportion of sex- ually active adults and fewer juveniles as compared to mouse populations wintering in large fragments nearby. Results clearly rejected the third hypothesis and did not support the second one. It thus seemed that habitat conditions for mice improved as forest fragment size decreased, although the expected positive effects on individuals could have been prevented by relaxed territoriality and increased food resource depletion by denser mouse populations. Bearing in mind the negative effects of dense wood mice populations on the distribution, abundance and population dynamics of forest species, this apparent enhancement of habitat conditions for mice in small forest fragments could have far-reaching conse- quences for the long-term persistence of such fragments.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Díaz, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">González, E.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Habitat selection patterns of common cranes Grus grus wintering in holm oak Quercus ilex dehesas of central Spain: Effects of human management</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biological Conservation</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">common agricultural policy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cranes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">livestock management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">winter feeding</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1996</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1996///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/000632079500064X</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">75</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">119 - 123</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Most of the western European population of common cranes Grus grus spends the winter in Iberian wooded dehesas, a kind of wood-pasture composed of grasslands, cereal croplands and Mediterranean scrub, densely inter- spersed with holm oak trees Quercus ilex in a savanna- like landscape. Three main types of wooded dehesas can be distinguished according to management.&quot; grazed dehesas, shrubby dehesas with occasional grazing, and cultivated dehesas without livestock. Cranes depend largely on acorns during winter and mainly select dehesas cultivated with cereals where acorn abundance is not reduced by livestock. Apparent positive effects of livestock on earth- worm abundance, the main alternative food source for cranes, does not compensate for acorn depletion. Thus, any increase in livestock grazing pressure would have a strong impact on European crane populations during their wintering in Spain.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Díaz, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">González, E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MUNOZPULIDO, R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NAVESO, M. A.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">EFFECTS OF FOOD ABUNDANCE AND HABITAT STRUCTURE ON SEED-EATING RODENTS IN SPAIN WINTERING IN MAN-MADE HABITATS</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SAUGETIERKUNDE-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">abundance patterns</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">acorn predation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">montado</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">rodents</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1993</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1993///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">58</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">302 - 311</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The patterns of abundance and seed (acorn) predation races were analyzed in granivorous rodents (mainly the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus L.) wintering in two man-made habitats: cereal croplands, and a kind of wood-pasture exclusive to the western Mediterranean basin, the dehesas. Both seed (acorn) abundance ana vegetation structure were also measured. Within dehesas, neither rodent abundance nor acorn predation rates were related to acorn abundance, whereas there Tvas a significant. association between rodent abundance and shrub cover at the end of winter. These results were coincident with previous findings in croplands. Both rodent abundances and seed predation rates were lower in dehesas than in croplands, despite the better structural and trophic conditions of the first habitat for rodents (larger shrub cover and food abundance). However, the body condition of animals was better in dehesas, to the extent that we found strong evidence for mincer reproduction. Rodent predator communities appear to be more diverse and denser in dehesas than in croplands. This suggests a heavier predation pressure in dehesas which would have culled rodent populations in such a way chat food Tvas plentiful for survivors, rhus explaining their scarcity, good body condition, and low dependence on food resources.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">APSAPSThe following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;pub-location: VILLENGANG 2, D-07745 JENA, GERMANY&lt;br/&gt;publisher: GUSTAV FISCHER VERLAG</style></notes></record></records></xml>