Harvest mice Micromys minutus and common dormice Muscardinus avellanarius live sympatric in woodland habitat

• Autorzy: Juskaitis R. , Remeisis R.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In an overgrown clearing, which occupied an area of 5 ha within mixed spruce-deciduous forest, 106 and 20 nests of the harvest mouseMicromys minutus (Pallas, 1771) and 81 and 59 nests of the common dormouseMuscardinus avellanarius (Linnaeus, 1758) were recorded in the fourth and fifth years after clear-felling, respectively. The highest densities of nests ofM. minutus andM. avellanarius were 46 nests/ha and 39 nests/ha, respectively, in two different plots. The affinity betweenM. minutus andM. avellanarius was negative in overgrown clearings according to the distribution of their nests. Such a result was expected becauseM. minutus andM. avellanarius used different nest supporting plants:M. minutus used tall grasses, whileM. avellanarius used young trees and shrubs. However, no positive relationship was found between the number of nests ofM. minutus and cover of grass vegetation in plots with the highest density of nests ofM. minutus. Most nests ofM. Minutus were situated in areas covered by young trees among which tall grasses, mainlyCalamagrostis epigeios, grew, often on the borders with the areas covered by grass vegetation. The successionary stage when woody vegetation reached 4–5 years old did not choke grass vegetation yet was favourable for bothM. minutus andM. avellanarius in overgrowing clearings.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Theriologica
• Rocznik: 2007
• Tom: 52
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.349-354,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Juskaitis R.

• Vilnius University, Akademijos 2, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania

autor

Remeisis R.

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