Livestock grazing intensity affects abundance of Common shrews (Sorex araneus) in two meadows in Denmark

BMC Ecology

Table 1 Common shrew population characteristics on two Danish meadows with three livestock grazing intensities.

Meadow	Treatment	Number trapped	Number autopsied	Mean number of placental scars		Mean number of fetuses		Mean female body mass (g)		Mean male body mass (g)
East	NO GRAZING	163	156	4.67	[3.06]	7.67	[0.82]	7.60	[1.24]	7.45	[1.30]
	LOW	186	144	-	-	5.50	[2.38]	7.23	[1.23]	7.16	[1.15]
	HIGH	71	56	6.00	-	6.33	[1.54]	7.54	[1.41]	7.20	[0.99]
West	NO GRAZING	81	49	-	-	8.00	-	6.99	[1.13]	7.03	[0.86]
	LOW	65	60	7.50	[0.71]	6.50	[0.71]	7.46	[2.28]	6.99	[1.24]
	HIGH	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Data on placental scars, foetuses and body mass are from autopsied adult individuals only. Numbers in brackets are standard deviations.

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