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We analyzed the relation between rodent communities composition and diversity and the landscape structure in the city of Buenos Aires. Between October 2002 and December 2005 rodent samplings were conducted in a natural reserve, three parklands, three shantytowns and two industrial-residential neighborhoods. Landscape structure at each site was characterized by the proportion of the surface occupied by different land-cover types, and the proportion covered by buildings. We caught 413 rodents of the following species: the native Oligoryzomys flavescens, Deltamys kempi, Calomys musculinus and Cavia aperea; and the introduced Rattus norvegicus, R. rattus and Mus musculus. Native species were dominant in the natural reserve but were also present in parklands. R. rattus, R. norvegicus and/or M. musculus were the dominant species in parklands, shantytowns or industrial-residential neighborhoods. Differences in landscape structure contributed to explain differences in community composition. Diversity, richness and representation of native species decreased with increasing urbanization. Our findings may be useful for planning decisions for either conservation or pest control goals, based on the rodent community composition inferred from the landscape structure. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Changes in rodent communities according to the landscape structure in an urban ecosystem
Autor:Cavia, R.; Cueto, G.R.; Suárez, O.V.
Filiación:Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, PB II, 4to piso, C1428EHA Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Concejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas, Rivadavia 1917, C1033AAJ Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:Community composition; Environmental gradient; Landcover; Urban landscape; Insect control; Landforms; Mammals; Pest control; Buenos aires; Community composition; Control goals; Dominant species; Environmental gradient; Land-cover types; Landcover; Landscape structures; Mus musculus; Native species; Natural reserves; Urban ecosystems; Urban landscape; Structure (composition); community composition; community dynamics; environmental gradient; landscape structure; pest control; rodent; species diversity; species richness; urban ecosystem; urban planning; Argentina; Buenos Aires [Argentina]; South America; Calomys musculinus; Cavia; Cavia aperea; Deltamys kempi; Mus musculus; Oligoryzomys flavescens; Oryzomys; Rattus; Rattus norvegicus; Rodentia
Año:2009
Volumen:90
Número:1-2
Página de inicio:11
Página de fin:19
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.10.017
Título revista:Landscape and Urban Planning
Título revista abreviado:Landsc. Urban Plann.
ISSN:01692046
CODEN:LUPLE
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_01692046_v90_n1-2_p11_Cavia

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Cavia, R., Cueto, G.R. & Suárez, O.V. (2009) . Changes in rodent communities according to the landscape structure in an urban ecosystem. Landscape and Urban Planning, 90(1-2), 11-19.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.10.017
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Cavia, R., Cueto, G.R., Suárez, O.V. "Changes in rodent communities according to the landscape structure in an urban ecosystem" . Landscape and Urban Planning 90, no. 1-2 (2009) : 11-19.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.10.017
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Cavia, R., Cueto, G.R., Suárez, O.V. "Changes in rodent communities according to the landscape structure in an urban ecosystem" . Landscape and Urban Planning, vol. 90, no. 1-2, 2009, pp. 11-19.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.10.017
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Cavia, R., Cueto, G.R., Suárez, O.V. Changes in rodent communities according to the landscape structure in an urban ecosystem. Landsc. Urban Plann. 2009;90(1-2):11-19.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.10.017