Unimpressed by the Environment?—Local and Landscape Scale Effects on the Common Hamster in a Simple Agricultural Landscape
Journal: Ecology and Evolution
Year: 2025

Agricultural intensification causes significant species loss in agricultural landscapes. One species particularly affected is the critically endangered common hamster (<i>Cricetus cricetus</i>). To counteract hamster decline, it is essential to analyze scale-dependent factors that determine hamster occurrence and densities, especially in structurally simple landscapes. We mapped hamster burrows in the predominantly simple agricultural landscapes of Saxony-Anhalt, Central Germany. At the local sc