Small mammal community response to early meadow–forest succession

Abstract Background With farmland afforestation becoming common policy in many European Union countries, we studied how early forest succession (from meadow to young stand) influences small mammal species composition, diversity, abundance and biomass. Despite numerous investigations into forest succ...

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Main Authors: Linas Balčiauskas, Aušra Čepukienė, Laima Balčiauskienė
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-07-01
Series:Forest Ecosystems
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40663-017-0099-6