naa a22 4500 510745024 CHVBK 20180411083043.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s13364-013-0153-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s13364-013-0153-x Environmental factors shaping ungulate abundances in Poland [Elektronische Daten] [Tomasz Borowik, Thomas Cornulier, Bogumiła Jędrzejewska] Population densities of large herbivores are determined by the diverse effects of density-dependent and independent environmental factors. In this study, we used the official 1998-2003 inventory data on ungulate numbers from 462 forest districts and 23 national parks across Poland to determine the roles of various environmental factors in shaping country-wide spatial patterns of ungulate abundances. Spatially explicit generalized additive mixed models showed that different sets of environmental variables explained 39 to 50% of the variation in red deer Cervus elaphus, wild boar Sus scrofa, and roe deer Capreolus capreolus abundances. For all of the studied species, low forest cover and the mean January temperature were the most important factors limiting their numbers. Woodland cover above 40-50% held the highest densities for these species. Wild boar and roe deer were more numerous in deciduous or mixed woodlands within a matrix of arable land. Furthermore, we found significant positive effects of marshes and water bodies on wild boar abundances. A juxtaposition of obtained results with ongoing environmental changes (global warming, increase in forest cover) may indicate future growth in ungulate distributions and numbers. The Author(s), 2013 Forest cover nationallicence January temperature nationallicence Arable land nationallicence Red deer nationallicence Roe deer nationallicence Wild boar nationallicence Borowik Tomasz Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Science, ul. Waszkiewicza 1, 17-230, Białowieża, Poland aut Cornulier Thomas Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Science, ul. Waszkiewicza 1, 17-230, Białowieża, Poland aut Jędrzejewska Bogumiła Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Science, ul. Waszkiewicza 1, 17-230, Białowieża, Poland aut Acta Theriologica Springer Berlin Heidelberg 58/4(2013-10-01), 403-413 0001-7051 58:4<403 2013 58 13364 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-013-0153-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-013-0153-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Borowik Tomasz Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Science, ul. Waszkiewicza 1, 17-230, Białowieża, Poland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cornulier Thomas Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Science, ul. Waszkiewicza 1, 17-230, Białowieża, Poland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jędrzejewska Bogumiła Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Science, ul. Waszkiewicza 1, 17-230, Białowieża, Poland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta Theriologica Springer Berlin Heidelberg 58/4(2013-10-01), 403-413 0001-7051 58:4<403 2013 58 13364 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer