<?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%">Gálvez-Bravo, L.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">López-Pintor, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rebollo, S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gómez-Sal, A.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) engineering effects promote plant heterogeneity in Mediterranean dehesa pastures</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Arid Environments</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Beta diversity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biodiversity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Burrowing mammals</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Floristic composition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">latrines</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Warrens</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140196311001029</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">75</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">779 - 786</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mammalian herbivores can have dramatic effects on the vegetation through different mechanisms, and may therefore modify resource distribution or create habitat for other species. Organisms that cause such changes are classiﬁed as ecosystem engineers. The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is a semifossorial mammal native to the Iberian Peninsula and a keystone species in Mediterranean foodwebs. Rabbits are central-place foragers, but few studies have analysed their ecosystem engineering effects in the vicinity of warrens. Here, we explored the role of rabbits as ecosystem engineers in Mediterranean pastures in central Spain. We studied the spatial patterns and internal heterogeneity in the vegetation community of different spatial subunits created by rabbits (warrens, the warren inﬂuence area, and latrines). Within the different subunits, rabbit activities gave rise to patches and gradients with different plant species richness, diversity and height, and a high internal heterogeneity (dissimilarity) in ﬂoristic composition. Through different mechanisms, they have a signiﬁcant effect on species coexistence and competitive interactions, and increase the number of available niches for plants which otherwise would not be able to establish. In conclusion, rabbits can act as allogenic ecosystem engineers in Mediterranean pastures, increasing heterogeneity and contributing to the high biodiversity of Mediterranean annual pastures.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;publisher: Elsevier Ltd</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%">da Silva, Pedro Martins</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aguiar, Carlos a S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">de Faria e Silva, Israel</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Serrano, Artur R. M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Faria e Silva, Israel</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Serrano, Artur R. M.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Orchard and riparian habitats enhance ground dwelling beetle diversity in Mediterranean agro-forestry systems</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biodiversity and Conservation</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1007</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">á land-use intensification á</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">á moisture traits</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">article</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">authorized users</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Beta diversity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Coleoptera</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">coleoptera á beta diversity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">contains supplementary material</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">doi</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">electronic supplementary material the</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Land-use intensiﬁcation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Moisture traits</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">montado</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mosaic á sclerophyllous woodland</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">online version of this</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">s10531-010-9987-6</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sclerophyllous woodland</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">which is available to</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">‘‘Montado’’ mosaic</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.springerlink.com/index/10.1007/s10531-010-9987-6http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10531-010-9987-6</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">20</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">861 - 872</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The relative contribution of mixed orchard and riparian vegetation patches to local and regional diversity of Mediterranean landscapes dominated by cork-oak woodlands was tested in 2006–2007 using ground, rove and darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Staphylinidae, Tenebrionidae). Mixed orchard and riparian gallery habitats recorded higher values of abundance and species richness for overall beetle species, although most darkling beetle species were associated with the sclerophyllous cork-oak woodlands. Ground and rove beetle community structure changed from the orchard and riparian habitats to samples placed 100 m away into the surrounding cork-oak woodland, i.e., non-cork-oak patches enhanced beta diversity within the landscape mosaic. Analysis of ground beetle traits concerning moisture preferences revealed a higher proportion of hygrophilous species in mixed orchard and riparian gallery habitats while xerophilous species were dominant within the cork-oak woodlands. The results of this study suggested that land-use management promoting the maintenance of habitat heterogeneity enhances biodiversity conservation of important hygrophilous and xerophilous species, and subsequently the sustainable use of Mediterranean agro-forest mosaics.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue></record></records></xml>