Cattle grazing, raptor abundance and small mammal communities in Mediterranean grasslands

Agriculture & Biology

• birds of prey 83%
• small mammals 78%
• grasslands 63%
• grazing 59%
• cattle 43%
• grazing effects 40%
• soil compaction 37%
• soil suitability 34%
• burrows 34%
• food availability 31%
• predation 24%
• vegetation 23%
• food quality 21%
• vegetation gradient 16%
• predators 15%
• Falco tinnunculus 15%
• falcons 13%
• nest boxes 13%
• vegetation structure 12%
• additive effect 10%
• soil 10%
• species richness 8%
• traps 8%
• analysis of variance 8%
• species diversity 8%
• summer 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• raptor 100%
• small mammal 86%
• cattle 73%
• grazing 63%
• grassland 60%
• soil compaction 39%
• burrow 35%
• trampling 27%
• food quality 26%
• vegetation 24%
• food availability 24%
• predation 19%
• predator 17%
• soil 17%
• nest box 17%
• effect 16%
• predation risk 13%
• vegetation structure 12%
• generalist 12%
• species richness 8%
• food 7%
• summer 5%