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Responses of small mammal community to environmental pollution by emissions from a copper smelter |
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| Authors: | S V Mukhacheva Yu A Davydova I A Kshnyasev |
| Institution: | (1) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Brighton, Moulsecoomb, Brighton, BN2 4GJ, UK;(2) DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology (CIB), Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa;(3) CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Tropical Forest Research Centre, PO Box 780, Atherton, Queensland, 4883, Australia |
| Abstract: | Analysis of the effect of emissions from the Karabash Copper Smelter (Southern Urals) on the small mammal community has shown that its abundance and structure change significantly under technogenic impact. Structural transformations are accompanied by changes in the composition of dominant species. The “dose-effect“ pattern of community response to this impact is nonlinear: for most species of murine rodents and small insectivores, habitat quality becomes satisfactory at a distance of 9–11 km from the emission plume. |
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