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Category Text Publication
Reference Category Book chapters
DOI 10.1007/978-94-009-0343-2_5
Title (Primary) Survival of the sand lizard Lacerta agilis LINNEAUS, 1758 (Sauria, Lacertidae) in relation to habitat quality and heterogeneity
Title (Secondary) Species survival in fragmented landscapes
Author Märtens, B.; Henle, K.; Kuhn, W.; Krug, R.; Johst, K.; Grosse, W.-R.; Wissel, C.
Publisher Settele, J.; Margules, C.; Poschlod, P.; Henle, K.
Source Titel GeoJournal Library
Year 1996
Department OESA; NSF
Volume 35
Page From 241
Page To 247
Language englisch
Keywords Plant Community; Habitat Quality; Landscape Level; Environmental Impact Assessment; Fragmented Landscape
UFZ inventory Leipzig, Bibliothek - Hauptlesesaal, 96-1979 DK: 574.4.015.3 Spe, 00466684
Abstract Lizards are important in the biocoenoses of a wide range of habitat types and are politically accepted target species for environmental impact assessments. They play an important part in food chains and are involved in the dynamics of microhabitats (Martens et al. in press). In some states of Germany, the sand lizard became endangered (Heusinger et al. 1992). A decline of the sand lizard, which results mainly from anthropogenic habitat alterations (Blab & Novak 1989), is also reported from England (Corbett 1988), Sweden (Andren et al. 1988), and other countries (Honegger 1981). Despite a large number of descriptive studies on habitat requirements, quantitative habitat models are lacking. This study analyses the significance of habitat quality and heterogeneity for the survival of sand lizards in fragmented landscapes and presents a habitat model to link local demographic data to the landscape level for environmental planning purposes.
Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=22426
Märtens, B., Henle, K., Kuhn, W., Krug, R., Johst, K., Grosse, W.-R., Wissel, C. (1996):
Survival of the sand lizard Lacerta agilis LINNEAUS, 1758 (Sauria, Lacertidae) in relation to habitat quality and heterogeneity
In: Settele, J., Margules, C., Poschlod, P., Henle, K. (eds.)
Species survival in fragmented landscapes
GeoJournal Library 35
Kluwer, Dordrecht, p. 241 - 247 10.1007/978-94-009-0343-2_5