SavedAdd your journal

Journals / Communications Faculty of Sciences University of Ankara Series C Biology / 2018 / Cilt: 27 - Sayı: 1

URBAN FAUNAL DYNAMICS OF BEYTEPE CAMPUS, ANKARA: Three Case Studies for Vertebrate Animals

Mehmet Kürşat ŞAHİN
Burak AKBABA
Şafak BULUT
Pages
45–60
Publication Date
2018-06-01
DOI
—
🏛️Bibliographic metadata and full text access for this article are provided via DergiPark.
DergiPark Record ↗
✨

AI Summary & Key Takeaways

AI Insight
⚡ TL;DR(Too Long; Didn't Read)

It is very important to monitor areas such as Beytepe Campus, where the temporal development of urbanization and human pressures can be traced, to put forward ecological changes in urbanized areas

📌 3 Key Takeaways

🎯
Objective & Hypothesis:Öz In this study we documented and discussed the effects of human settlement on the terrestrial fauna dynamics of an urbanized area: Hacettepe University, Beytepe Campus.
📊
Key Findings & Data:We investigated three case studies by using red fox, long-eared owl and snake-eyed lizard as model organisms to evaluate the effects of urbanization on vertebrate fauna.
💡
Conclusion & Impact:It is very important to monitor areas such as Beytepe Campus, where the temporal development of urbanization and human pressures can be traced, to put forward ecological changes in urbanized areas
🔬Design:Modeling & Simulation
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Anahtar Kelimeler Urban ecology · Vulpes vulpes · Asio otus

Özet

Öz In this study we documented and discussed the effects of human settlement on the terrestrial fauna dynamics of an urbanized area: Hacettepe University, Beytepe Campus. We investigated three case studies by using red fox, long-eared owl and snake-eyed lizard as model organisms to evaluate the effects of urbanization on vertebrate fauna. Depending on human activities in the study area, red foxes narrowed their foraging and reproduction range due to their generalist behavior, long-eared owls left the habitats where they had lived before and snake-eyed lizards have transformed the conditions of rubble deposits into short-term advantages and their numbers, especially in new construction areas were increased. It is very important to monitor areas such as Beytepe Campus, where the temporal development of urbanization and human pressures can be traced, to put forward ecological changes in urbanized areas

🔖

Cite This Article

ŞAHİN, M. K., AKBABA, B., BULUT, Ş. (2018). URBAN FAUNAL DYNAMICS OF BEYTEPE CAMPUS, ANKARA: Three Case Studies for Vertebrate Animals. Communications Faculty of Sciences University of Ankara Series C Biology, Cilt: 27 - Sayı: 1, 45–60. https://ajindex.com/articles/238803

📄 Full Text PDF Viewer

📄

PDF görüntüleyici hazırlanıyor...

References (8)

  1. S. Horiuchi, Stagnation in the Decline of the World Population Growth Rate During the 1980s,
  2. Science, New Series, 257 (1992), 761-765
  3. P.M Vitousek, H.A Mooney, J. Lubchenco, J.M Melillo, Human Domination of Earth’s Ecosystems, Science, 277 (1999), 494-499 https://www.unfpa.org/data/world-population-dashboard Accession date: 04.07.2018 R. Van der Ree, and M.A McCarthy, Inferring persistence of indigenous mammals in response to urbanization, Animal Conservation 8 (2005), 309- 319 J.G White, M.J Antos, J.A Fitzsimons, and G.C Palmer, Non-uniform bird assemblages in urban environments: the influence of streetscape vegetation, Landscape and Urban Planning, 71 (2005), 123-135
  4. H.F Wang, J. López-Pujol, L.A Meyerson, J.X Qiu, X.K Wang and Z.Y Ouyang, Biological invasions in rapidly urbanizing areas: a case study of Beijing, China, Biodiversity and Conservation, 20 (2011), 2483-2509. P.J Meffert, and F. Dziock, The influence of urbanisation on diversity and trait composition of birds, Landscape Ecology, 28 (2013) 28, 943-957.
  5. M.L McKinney, Effects of urbanization on species richness: a review of plants and animals, Urban Ecosystems, 11 (2008), 161-176. M. Aronson-F. Sorte-C. Nilon-M. Katti-M. Goddard-C. Lepczyk-P. Warren-N. Williams-S. Cilliers-B. Clarkson-C. Dobbs-R. Dolan-M. Hedblom-S. Klotz-J. Kooijmans-I. Kuhn-I. Macgregor-Fors-M. Mcdonnell-U. Mortberg-P. Pysek-S. Siebert-J. Sushinsky-P. Werner-M. Winter, A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (2014), 1780:20133330. B. Czech and P.R. Krausman, Distribution and causation of species endangerment in the United States, Science 277 (1997), 1116-1117.
  6. S. Caula, G.T Hvenegaard and P. Marty, The influence of bird information, attitudes, and demographics on public preferences toward urban green spaces: The case of Montpellier, France, Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 8 (2009), 117-128.
  7. S. Fattorini, Insect extinction by urbanization: a long-term study in Rome, Biological Conservation 144 (2011), 370-375.
  8. G.Y Abay, H. Bauer, K. Gebrehiwot, and J. Deckers, Peri-urban spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in northern Ethiopia: diet, abundance and economic impact, European Journal of Wildlife Research 57 (2011), 759– 765. S. Harris, J.M.V Rayner, Urban fox (Vulpes vulpes) population estimates and habitat requirements in several British cities, Journal of Animal Ecology 55 (1986), 575–591. S. Gloor,