Results support the importance of tree hollows for Mediterranean forest carnivores, probably
because they provide safe shelter against unfavourable weather, predators and human disturbance. However,
results also revealed the importance of riparian trees, which offer support for building nests close to
sources of water and food during the dry season. Considering home range size and the average number of
hollow-bearing trees used by each genet, we recommend that management of cork and holm oak forests
should strive to safeguard at least 4.6 hollow-bearing trees per 100 ha, while simultaneously maintaining
large riparian trees. This will improve the resting habitat for common genets, while presumably favouring
also other Mediterranean carnivores.