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1 August 2015 Diversity of small mammal communities of the Tuscan Archipelago: testing the effects of island size, distance from mainland and human density
Giovanni Amori, Vincenzo Rizzo Pinna, Giampiero Sammuri, Luca Luiselli
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Abstract

Barn owl pellets were analyzed for comparing the small mammal fauna among three islands of Tuscan archipelago, Italy. Rarefaction analyses and diversity analyses were used on barn owl pellet samples at a total of 18 sites. Apodemus sylvaticus appeared the most abundant species in Elba and Capraia, and Mus musculus in Pianosa. Diversity profiles showed that Pianosa and Elba were very similar in terms of dominance and evenness profiles, whereas Capraia had higher dominance and lower evenness. Using our original data and literature review, we found that 5 species are found in Pianosa, 1 in Giannutri, 0 in Montecristo, 5 in Giglio, 7 in Elba, 6 in Capraia, and 1 in Gorgona. There was no effect of island area, human population size, or linear distance from mainland on species richness.

Giovanni Amori, Vincenzo Rizzo Pinna, Giampiero Sammuri, and Luca Luiselli "Diversity of small mammal communities of the Tuscan Archipelago: testing the effects of island size, distance from mainland and human density," Folia Zoologica 64(2), 161-166, (1 August 2015). https://doi.org/10.25225/fozo.v64.i2.a9.2015
Received: 30 March 2015; Accepted: 1 May 2015; Published: 1 August 2015
KEYWORDS
faunal composition
Italy
mammals
Mediterranean
owl pellets
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