Aspects of demography in three distinct populations of garden dormouse, Eliomys quercinus, across Italy and Spain

Amori, Giovanni; Bertolino, Sandro; Masciola, Sabrina; Moreno, Sacramento; Palomo, Javier; Rotondo, Chiara; Luiselli, Luca

doi:10.1007/s12210-015-0490-6

Aspects of demography in three distinct populations of garden dormouse, Eliomys quercinus, across Italy and Spain

Published: 10 December 2015

Volume 27, pages 357–368, (2016)
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Giovanni Amori¹,
Sandro Bertolino²,
Sabrina Masciola¹,
Sacramento Moreno³,
Javier Palomo⁴,
Chiara Rotondo¹ &
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Luca Luiselli^5,6

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Abstract

Comparative aspects of the demography were investigated in three distinct populations of the ecologically poorly studied rodent Eliomys quercinus, in Spain and Italy. Maximum longevity was observed in a Spanish female (survival of at least 2 years and 4 months). For all the populations under study, various closed population models and the robust design model gave similarly reliable estimates for population size, with Jolly–Seber estimates being considerably less reliable. The same result also emerged for the estimates of survival and capture probabilities, but with less profound differences between Jolly–Seber and the closed models with robust design. Average density showed considerable oscillations over the years and across localities, being nearly identical in northern and central Italy but considerably higher in Spain. Survival was considerably higher in Spain than in northern and central Italy. Conversely, capture probability was higher in northern Italy than in the other two study areas.

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CNR – Intitute for Ecosystem Study, Rome, Italy
Giovanni Amori, Sabrina Masciola & Chiara Rotondo
Department of Agriculture, Forest and Food Sciences, Via L. da Vinci 44, 10095, Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Sandro Bertolino
Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Apdo. 1056, 41080, Seville, Spain
Sacramento Moreno
Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071, Málaga, Spain
Javier Palomo
Centre of Environmental Studies Demetra, Eni s.p.a. Environmental Department, Rome, Italy
Luca Luiselli
Niger Delta Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation Unit, Department of Applied and Environmental Biology, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, PMB 5080, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
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Appendices

Appendix 1: Summarized tables for open and closed populations model for the garden dormouse population in northern Italy

(A) Tables of recaptures

Sample i
1	1
2	3	2
3	4	10	3
4	0	0	10	4
5	0	0	1	11	5
6	0	0	0	4	11	6
7	0	0	0	0	3	15	7
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	8
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	13	9
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	10
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	13	11
Z(i − 1) + 1	4	0	1	4	3	3	7	2	6

(B) Closed population summary

Sample number i	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Animals caught N(i)	7	6	14	29	11	15	18	12	23	19	15
Marked animals in population M(i)	0	7	10	14	33	33	37	40	40	50	62
Newly caught animals U(i)	7	3	4	19	0	4	3	0	10	12	2
Capture frequencies f(i)	29	11	6	6	5	1	3	3	0	0	0

Appendix 2: Summarized tables for open and closed populations model for the garden dormouse population in central Italy

(A) Tables of recaptures

Sample i
1	1
2	0	2
3	0	0	3
4	0	0	0	4
5	0	0	0	0	5
6	0	0	0	0	0	6
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Z(i − 1) + 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Sample i
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15	15
16	0	16
17	0	0	17
18	0	0	0	18
19	0	0	0	0	19
20	0	0	0	0	0	20
21	0	0	0	0	0	0	21
22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22
23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23
24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24
25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25
26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26
27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	27
Z(i − 1) + 1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2

(B) Closed population summary

Sample number i	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Animals caught N(i)	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	5	1
Marked animals in population M(i)	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	9	12
Newly caught animals U(i)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	3	0
Capture frequencies f(i)	6	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Appendix 3: Summarized tables for open and closed populations model for the garden dormouse population in Spain

(A) Tables of recaptures

Sample i
1	1
2	1	2
3	0	2	3
4	0	2	2	4
5	0	0	0	0	5
6	0	0	0	0	0	6
7	0	1	2	2	3	4	7
8	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	8
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	9
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11
12	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Z(i − 1) + 1	0	4	3	4	5	2	1	2	2	10	11

Sample i
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12	12
13	6	13
14	1	4	14
15	2	4	6	15
16	1	1	3	5	16
17	1	1	2	2	5	17
18	0	0	2	2	4	5	18
19	0	0	0	0	1	4	11	19
20	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	20
21	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	21
22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22
23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
32	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Z(i − 1) + 1	6	7	9	6	7	7	5	4	5	5	5

Sample i
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23	23
24	3	24
25	0	1	25
26	0	1	2	26
27	0	0	0	2	27
28	0	0	0	1	3	28
29	1	2	2	2	2	4	29
30	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	30
31	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	6	31
32	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	32
33	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	33
34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	34
35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	35
36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	36
37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37
38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38
39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	6	39
40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	40
41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	41
42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	7	7	11	42
43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	6	43
Z(i − 1) + 1	4	7	6	7	6	4	5	2	2	1	2	2	6	7	8	4	13	10	3

(B) Closed population summary

Sample number i	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Animals caught N(i)	2	12	4	5	7	1	5	11	7	20	9	2	13	13	6
Marked animals in population M(i)	0	2	13	15	18	25	26	27	36	36	53	57	58	65	74
Newly caught animals U(i)	2	11	2	3	7	1	1	9	0	17	4	1	7	9	0
Capture frequencies f(i)	90	49	13	7	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Sample number i	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Animals caught N(i)	7	10	18	13	10	4	3	2	5	2	3	3	3	6	4
Marked animals in population M(i)	74	76	81	94	96	101	102	104	105	107	108	109	110	110	112
Newly caught animals U(i)	2	5	13	2	5	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	2	1
Capture frequencies f(i)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Sample number i	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43
Animals caught N(i)	6	3	3	6	10	4	3	6	25	3	7	12	13
Marked animals in population M(i)	113	113	113	113	117	122	125	128	134	153	154	157	158
Newly caught animals U(i)	0	0	0	4	5	3	3	6	19	1	3	1	7
Capture frequencies f(i)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Appendix 1: Summarized tables for open and closed populations model for the garden dormouse population in northern Italy

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(B) Closed population summary

Appendix 2: Summarized tables for open and closed populations model for the garden dormouse population in central Italy

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Appendix 3: Summarized tables for open and closed populations model for the garden dormouse population in Spain

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Aspects of demography in three distinct populations of garden dormouse, Eliomys quercinus, across Italy and Spain

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Appendix 1: Summarized tables for open and closed populations model for the garden dormouse population in northern Italy

(A) Tables of recaptures

(B) Closed population summary

Appendix 2: Summarized tables for open and closed populations model for the garden dormouse population in central Italy

(A) Tables of recaptures

(B) Closed population summary

Appendix 3: Summarized tables for open and closed populations model for the garden dormouse population in Spain

(A) Tables of recaptures

(B) Closed population summary

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