Small-Mammals NBS Dataset and Sampling design

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Project funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.4 - Call for tender No. 3138 of 16 December 2021, rectified by Decree n.3175 of 18 December 2021 of Italian Ministry of University and Research funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU. Award Number: Project code CN_00000033, Concession Decree No. 1034 of 17 June 2022 adopted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, CUP: H43C22000530001, Project title “National Biodiversity Future Center - NBFC”. To advance the national-wide objectives of the Spoke 5 (Urban Biodiversity) of the National Biodiversity Future Center - NBFC (National Recovery and Resilience Plan - NRRP, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU), a sampling design based on the use of a unique gradient of urbanization/green areas’ fragmentation has been developed in Italy. The classification of 1km2 cells in univocal classes of green area size-fragmentation is provided for six Italian cities (Turin, Milan, Florence, Rome, Naples, Campobasso) in the shapefiles folder “Size_fragmentation_gradient_urban_areas_Italy”. We investigated the impact of urban green area spatial and habitat characteristics on the community composition of an indicator animal group to inform Nature-Based Solutions (NBSs) for urban biodiversity and sustainability enhancement. We analyzed data of small mammal community composition from three Italian metropolitan cities (Milan, Florence, and Rome), focusing on the distribution pattern of synanthropic and non-synanthropic species. Small mammal surveys were carried out using hair tubes in sampled areas located along the green area size-fragmentation gradient. Data on species presence/absence in each sampled cell are reported in the “Dataset_small_mammals” file.

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