ZGRUPOWANIE DROBNYCH SSAKÓW W PODMIEJSKICH LASACH BYTOMIA NA PODSTAWIE ANALIZY DIETY PUSZCZYKA STRIX ALUCO
Journal Title: KULON - Year 2016, Vol 21, Issue
Abstract
Small mammal community in suburban forests of Bytom was estimated by using an analysis of the Tawny Owl’s Strix aluco pellets. Material collected between 2011 and 2016 contained remains of 324 individuals of mammals belonging to 14 species. Three most frequently noted species (Bank Vole Myodes glareolus, Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis and Common Shrew Sorex araneus) belong to dominating small mammal communities in Polish forests. Species avoiding human-transformed areas: Water Vole Arvicola amphibius, Field Vole Microtus agrestis and Common Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius were rarely captured by owls. The presence of Common Vole Microtus arvalis and Lesser White-toothed Shrew Crocidura suaveolens suggests that owls’ hunting grounds covered at least edges of open areas. As the forests where the study was conducted were contiguous to a large urban agglomeration, the species richness of small mammal community can be estimated as relatively high.
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Grzegorz Lesiński, Szymon Beuch
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