The effects of a sudden urbanization on micromammal communities: a case study of post-earthquake L’Aquila (Abruzzi Region, Italy)
| Autor: | Laura Liberatore, M. Iannella, Maurizio Biondi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
education.field_of_study Micromammal community biology Land use Ecology Population barn owl pellets land use biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Archaeology Microtus savii 010601 ecology Wood mouse biodiversity loss post-disaster management Animal Science and Zoology Urbanization Human settlement Apodemus Vole education |
| Zdroj: | Italian Journal of Zoology. 83:255-262 |
| ISSN: | 1748-5851 1125-0003 |
| Popis: | The earthquake that occurred in L’Aquila (Abruzzi Region, Italy) on 6 April 2009 caused the destruction of many buildings and the deaths of 309 people. In summer 2009, new settlements were built in rural areas near L’Aquila to host part of the population whose houses were uninhabitable or had been totally destroyed. Our study is focused on the impact of these “new towns”, analyzing the variation of the micromammal community, from 2002 to 2013, through a barn owl pellet analysis. The study area is a 3-km buffer plot sited in the northwest of L’Aquila and affected by the so-called Progetto CASE (“Complessi Antisismici Sostenibili ed Ecocompatibili”) and Progetto MAP (“Moduli Abitativi Provvisori”). This analysis shows how the micromammal community has changed, qualitatively and quantitatively, because of the improvised and inadequately planned earthquake urbanization. For example, more sensitive species, such as wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) and Savi’s pine vole (Microtus savii), both abundant be... |
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