European rabbits as ecosystem engineers: warrens increase lizard density and diversity

By L. Gálvez Bravo, J. Belliure, S. Rebollo. Biodiversity and Conservation, 2009

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Rabbits: manageable environmental pests or participants in new Australian ecosystems? (2012, background): “Fewer rabbits have meant nesting failure for the eagle owl (Bubo bubo; Martínez and Zubergoitia 2001), and fewer rabbit burrows to shelter Journal compilation CSIRO 2012 www.publish.csiro.au/journals/wr reptiles (Gálvez Bravo et al. 2009; Grillet et al. 2010).”
Bioengineer effects on understory species richness, diversity, and composition change along an environmental stress gradient: Experimental and mensurative evidence (2013, background): “Thus, the findings of this study challenge the extended concept that bioengineer species normally enhance local richness and diversity (Wright et al., 2002; Lill and Marquis, 2003; Castilla et al., 2004; Bangert and Slobodchikoff, 2006; Borthagaray and Carranza, 2007; Buse et al., 2008; Bouma et al.”
Burrow‐dwelling ecosystem engineers provide thermal refugia throughout the landscape (2013, background): “Other species, especially desert-dwellers, may depend on belowground structures for thermoregulation (Beck & Jennings, 2003; Bravo et al., 2009).”