Assessing impacts of wild boar on ecosystems is a research priority worldwide, with applied implications for environmental management. We evaluated whether rooting intensity by wild boar affected a rodent community in Central Italy. Rooting intensity was measured within trap transects and all around them, following standard procedures. We live‐trapped rodents in coppiced forests with a gradient of rooting intensity (including a fenced, boar‐proof, area) and evaluated relationships between abundance and rooting for two arboreal and five ground‐dwelling species. Among those, the most abundant ones were the bank vole Myodes glareolus and the yellow‐necked wood mouse Apodemus flavicollis . Rooting within and outside transects correlated to each other, as well as with the local passage rate of the wild boar, assessed through camera‐trapping. We found a negative relationship between rooting intensity and abundance of bank voles, that is, the main food resources of some predators of conservation concern. Rooting activity may trigger effects on ground‐dwelling rodents at the population level.

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野猪生根对小型森林栖鼠的影响

评估野猪对生态系统的影响是全球研究的重点，对环境管理具有实际意义。我们评估了野猪的生根强度是否影响了意大利中部的啮齿动物群落。按照标准程序在陷阱样面内及其周围测量生根强度。我们以生根强度（包括围栏，防公猪，区域）的生根强度梯度将啮齿类动物生活在特定的森林中，并评估了两个树栖植物和五个地栖物种的丰度与生根之间的关系。其中，最丰富的是河岸田鼠Myodes glareolus和黄颈木鼠Apodemus flavicollis。通过相机诱捕评估，样带内外的根系彼此相关，并且与野猪的局部通过率相关。我们发现生根强度与河岸田鼠的数量之间存在负相关关系，即一些保护性捕食者的主要食物资源。生根活动可能在种群水平上触发对啮齿类动物的影响。