@prefix adms: . @prefix cnt: . @prefix dcat: . @prefix dcatap: . @prefix dcmitype: . @prefix dct: . @prefix foaf: . @prefix gsp: . @prefix locn: . @prefix skos: . @prefix vcard: . @prefix xsd: . a dcat:Dataset ; dct:accessRights ; dct:conformsTo ; dct:creator [ a foaf:Agent ; dct:identifier "E05068001" ; dct:type ; foaf:mbox ; foaf:name "Planillo, A. y Malo, J.E."@en ] ; dct:description "Roads have many effects on the mammal populations of their surroundings. Prey species are thought to establish dense populations in road verges due to a predation release effect, which arise as a side-effect of roadside avoidance by predators and/or predator roadkill. A species that has been suggested to benefit from predation release and attain high densities near roads is the European rabbit, a keystone species in Mediterranean ecosystems. We monitored rabbit relative abundance at three distances from a motorway (50, 450 and 850 m) during a 6 month period, as well as hunting and predator pressures, in a suitable area for rabbits. The lowest rabbit abundance was found next to the motorway (6.76 ± 8.87 pellets/m2 per month) and the highest abundance at an intermediate distance (17.65 ± 23.11 pellets/m2 per month). Hunting and carnivore pressures were highest at the sampling transect located …"@en, """Roads have many effects on the mammal populations of their surroundings. Prey species are thought to establish dense populations in road verges due to a predation release effect, which arise as a side-effect of roadside avoidance by predators and/or predator roadkill. A species that has been suggested to benefit from predation release and attain high densities near roads is the European rabbit, a keystone species in Mediterranean ecosystems. We monitored rabbit relative abundance at three distances from a motorway (50, 450 and 850 m) during a 6 month period, as well as hunting and predator pressures, in a suitable area for rabbits. The lowest rabbit abundance was found next to the motorway (6.76 ± 8.87 pellets/m2 per month) and the highest abundance at an intermediate distance (17.65 ± 23.11 pellets/m2 per month). Hunting and carnivore pressures were highest at the sampling transect located farthest from the infrastructure. Thus, variability in rabbit abundance did not match the predation release effect found close to the motorway, and some sort of road avoidance or other process must underlie the observed abundance pattern. We advocate for a formal measurement of prey populations response to roads prior to any generalization as, in the case of rabbit, the response to roads and the potential cascading effects on other species may depend on landscape characteristics. Palabras clave: Motorway, Rabbit, Verge"""@es ; dct:identifier "34c54309-5766-5d5f-832b-92c08e9478de" ; dct:issued "2025-05-23T00:00:00+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:language ; dct:license ; dct:modified "2026-06-25T00:00:00+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:publisher ; dct:spatial ; dct:title "Motorway verges: paradise for prey species? A case study with the European rabbit."@es ; dct:type dcmitype:Text ; adms:identifier [ a adms:Identifier ; skos:notation "DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2012.11.001" ] ; adms:status ; dcat:contactPoint ; dcat:distribution ; dcat:keyword "autopista"@en ; dcat:landingPage ; dcat:theme , . a dct:Location ; skos:prefLabel "España" ; dcat:bbox "POLYGON ((-18.1600 27.6400, 4.3200 27.6400, 4.3200 43.7900, -18.1600 43.7900, -18.1600 27.6400))"^^gsp:wktLiteral ; dcat:centroid "POINT (-6.9200 35.7150)"^^gsp:wktLiteral ; locn:geometry "POLYGON ((-18.1600 27.6400, 4.3200 27.6400, 4.3200 43.7900, -18.1600 43.7900, -18.1600 27.6400))"^^gsp:wktLiteral . a dct:LinguisticSystem . a dct:LinguisticSystem . a foaf:Agent ; dct:type ; vcard:hasEmail ; foaf:homepage ; foaf:name "Área de Banco de Datos de la Naturaleza. Dirección General Biodiversidad, Bosques y Desertificación. Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico"@en . a foaf:Document . a dcat:Distribution ; dcatap:availability ; dct:accessRights ; dct:description "Revista"@en, "Revista"@es ; dct:format ; dct:issued "2013-04-01T00:00:00+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:language ; dct:license ; dct:modified "2026-06-25T00:00:00+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:title "Acceso al recurso"@en, "Acceso al recurso"@es ; cnt:characterEncoding "UTF-8" ; dcat:accessURL ; dcat:mediaType . a vcard:Kind ; vcard:fn "Organismo publicador del Catálogo"@en ; vcard:hasEmail ; vcard:hasURL ; vcard:role . a dct:Standard . dct:type .