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<journal-id>2007-3364</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Therya]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Therya]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-3364</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Mexicana de Mastozoología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2007-33642022000100005</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.12933/therya-22-1106</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[How habitat selection, succession, and assembly rules can influence landscape ecology in natural and disturbed areas]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fox]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Barry J.]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,University of New South Wales School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Sydney NSW]]></addr-line>
<country>Australia</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2022</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>5</fpage>
<lpage>15</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-33642022000100005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-33642022000100005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-33642022000100005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Why should one find a particular set of small mammals at any particular site? This question is at the heart of community ecology, and while no definitive and conclusive answer can yet be provided, this paper does summarize a body of research that has explored, and I think clarified, some of the factors that influence which species occur where and when. The impacts of disturbances such as wildfire and sand mining are examined, along with the regeneration of vegetation and recolonization by small mammals that follow such disturbances in heathland and eucalypt forest in coastal eastern Australia. I describe results from experiments that confirm that these small mammal species do indeed choose or select habitats, rather than just make use of the habitats that are available. Further replicated, experimental removals, as manipulations of each species, one at a time, confirm that interspecific competition between these small mammal species is an important factor determining which species are found where and when, if the temporal aspect of succession is included. Guild assembly rules are examined to illustrate how they may determine which species may or may not become part of a community. Here, my review and synthesis illustrate how the major influences upon the community and landscape ecology of small mammals in the area examined are both spatially variable and temporally dynamic.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: ¿Por qué debería uno encontrar un conjunto particular de pequeños mamíferos en un sitio en particular? Esta pregunta está en el corazón de la ecología comunitaria, y aunque aún no se puede proporcionar una respuesta definitiva y concluyente, este artículo resume un cuerpo de investigación que ha explorado, y creo que ha aclarado, algunos de los factores que influyen en qué especies ocurren, dónde y cuándo. Se examinan los impactos de perturbaciones como los incendios forestales y la extracción de arena, junto con la regeneración de la vegetación y la recolonización por parte de pequeños mamíferos que siguen tales perturbaciones en los brezales y los bosques de eucaliptos en la costa este de Australia. Describo los resultados de los experimentos que confirman que estas especies de pequeños mamíferos sí eligen o seleccionan hábitats, en lugar de simplemente hacer uso de los hábitats disponibles. Las extracciones experimentales, replicadas posteriormente, como manipulaciones de cada especie, una a la vez, confirman que la competencia interespecífica entre estas especies de pequeños mamíferos es un factor importante que determina qué especies se encuentran dónde y cuándo, si se incluye el aspecto temporal de la sucesión. Las reglas del enjambre de gremios se examinan para ilustrar cómo pueden determinar qué especies pueden o no formar parte de una comunidad. Aquí, mi revisión y síntesis ilustran cómo las principales influencias sobre la comunidad y la ecología del paisaje de los pequeños mamíferos en el área examinada son tanto espacialmente variables como temporalmente dinámicas.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Assembly rules]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Australia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[community ecology]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[dasyurids]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[disturbances]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[habitat selection]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[landscape ecology]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[rodents]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[sand mining]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[small mammals]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[succession]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[wildfire]]></kwd>
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