Life tables for the common dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius in Lithuania

• Autorzy: Juskaitis R.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Life tables for two populations of the common dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius (Linnaeus, 1758) are presented. The mortality rates qx of the common dormouse appeared to be relatively constant and did not follow a typically mammalian "U" shaped curve with age. Mortality rates increased evenly with age both in females and males, in both populations, whereas a decrease in qx was observed only among males in their third year of life. Specific characteristics of the qx curve for the common dormouse include the relative longevity of this small rodent, and rather constant mortality during hibernation in all years of life.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

common dormouse; mortality rate; dormouse; Lithuania; Muscardinus avellanarius

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Theriologica
• Rocznik: 1999
• Tom: 44
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.465-470,fig.

Twórcy

autor

Juskaitis R.

• Institute of Ecology, Akademijos 2, LT-2600 Vilnius, Lithuania

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