scholarly journals Selective Predation of Tawny Owls (Strix aluco) on Yellow-Necked Mice (Apodemus flavicollis) and Bank Voles (Myodes glareolus)

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 321-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Sunde ◽  
Heidi Malene Forsom ◽  
Mohammad Nafi Solaiman Al-Sabi ◽  
Kristian Overskaug
Keyword(s):  
Myodes Glareolus ◽  
Apodemus Flavicollis ◽  
Selective Predation ◽  
Strix Aluco ◽  
Bank Voles

scholarly journals Small mammals in the diet of owls in the Masovian Landscape Park and its adjacent areas

2016 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-86
Author(s):  
Grzegorz LESIŃSKI ◽  
◽  
Przemysław STOLARZ ◽  
Jakub GRYZ ◽  
Radosław DĄBROWSKI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Sorex Araneus ◽  
Myodes Glareolus ◽  
Tyto Alba ◽  
Apodemus Flavicollis ◽  
Microtus Arvalis ◽  
Strix Aluco ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Mammal Communities ◽  
Muscardinus Avellanarius

The diet of three owl species was analysed in 32 sites localised in the Masovian Landscape Park and its outskirts to determine the structure of small mammal communities. Study was done in the years 1993–2016, 5,728 vertebrate prey (including 4,001 mammals) were collected. Five species of soricomorphs, six bats, 14 rodents and one species of Carnivora were found. Among mammals, Myodes glareolus had the greatest share in the diet of Strix aluco. Tyto alba most frequently caught Microtus arvalis and Sorex araneus, while Asio otus – M. arvalis and M. oeconomus. Those prey, together with Apodemus flavicollis and A. agrarius, dominated in small mammal communities. One site of Crocidura leucodon was found on the western edge of its range in Poland. The share of bats in the diet of S. aluco was small (0.5% of mammals), Plecotus auritus was most frequent. Muscardinus avellanarius was found in forests of the southern part of the Masovian Landscape Park. It was relatively often caught by S. aluco in favourable habitats. Shares of M. oeconomus, M. agrestis and M. avellanarius in the diet of owls were significantly higher in southern part of the study area remote from Warsaw.

Selective Predation by Owls on Infected Bank Voles (Myodes glareolus) as a Possible Sentinel of Tularemia Outbreaks

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 630-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frauke Ecke ◽  
Anders Johansson ◽  
Mats Forsman ◽  
Hussein Khalil ◽  
Magnus Magnusson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Myodes Glareolus ◽  
Selective Predation ◽  
Bank Voles

Ljungan Virus Detected in Bank Voles (Myodes glareolus) and Yellow-Necked Mice (Apodemus flavicollis) from Northern Italy

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 262-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi C. Hauffe ◽  
Bo Niklasson ◽  
Therese Olsson ◽  
Alessandro Bianchi ◽  
Annapaola Rizzoli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northern Italy ◽  
Myodes Glareolus ◽  
Apodemus Flavicollis ◽  
Bank Voles ◽  
Ljungan Virus

scholarly journals Small terrestrial mammals living along streams acting as natural landscape barriers

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Bohdal ◽  
Josef Navrátil ◽  
František Sedláček
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Myodes Glareolus ◽  
Apodemus Flavicollis ◽  
Natural Landscape ◽  
Genetic Changes ◽  
Terrestrial Mammals ◽  
Bank Voles ◽  
Water Courses ◽  
Yellow Necked Mouse ◽  
South Bohemia

AbstractRiparian stands along streams are important landscape elements – biocorridors, allowing the dispersal of many small terrestrial mammals. Streams are, however, also barriers limiting dispersal, which leads to isolation and population-genetic changes. Communities of small terrestrial mammals (Eulipotyphla, Rodentia) were studied in 2004 to 2006 on five watercourses of varying widths in Central European cultural landscape situated in South Bohemia (Czech Republic). In total, 547 individuals from 10 species were captured by the Capture-Mark-Recapture method (CMR). Yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) and bank voles (Myodes glareolus) were eu-dominant species at all locations. Species diversity and equitability rose with the degree of the barrier – proportional to the width of the stream.The terrestrial mobility of selected species was also assessed. Apodemus flavicollis indicated overall highest values of mobility, and Myodes glareolus males also scored higher values, however, the width of the stream did not correlate with mobility in these species. The animals crossed water-courses on the order of tens of meters wide in the period of 3 months. The frequency of crossing of Apodemus flavicollis decreased exponentially with the width of the stream and was dependent on population density.

scholarly journals Small mammals of the suburban areas of Warsaw in the diet of the tawny owl Strix aluco

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 349-354
Author(s):  
Jerzy Romanowski ◽  
Grzegorz Lesiński ◽  
Marta Bardzińska
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammals ◽  
Myodes Glareolus ◽  
Apodemus Flavicollis ◽  
Microtus Arvalis ◽  
Tawny Owl ◽  
Strix Aluco ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
Mustela Nivalis ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Mammal Communities

We investigated the composition of small mammals at nine locations in the southwestern suburban zone of Warsaw (central Poland) through the analysis of the pellets of the Tawny owl Strix aluco. In total, we recorded 611 individuals of 15 species of small mammal communities in the diet. Rodents constituted the most numerous mammalian order. Among the most abundant prey we recorded were Myodes glareolus (63 individuals = 10.3% of all mammals), Apodemus agrarius (56 individuals = 9.2%) (173), Apodemus flavicollis (54 individuals = 8.8%), Mus musculus (48 individuals = 7.9%) and Microtus arvalis (44 individuals = 7.2%). We recorded also some species rarely captured by the tawny owl: Nyctalus noctula and Mustela nivalis. Species composition of small mammals of the study area resembled city parks, with several species typical for anthropogenic landscape.

Skull variability of mice and voles inhabiting the territory of a great cormorant colony

Biologia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laima Balčiauskienė ◽  
Linas Balčiauskas ◽  
Marius Jasiulionis
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Myodes Glareolus ◽  
Great Cormorant ◽  
Apodemus Flavicollis ◽  
Skull Size ◽  
Bank Voles ◽  
Great Cormorants

AbstractWe investigated the influence of a colony of great cormorants on the skull morphometry of yellow-necked mice (Apodemus flavicollis) and bank voles (Myodes glareolus) of three age groups trapped in the territory of the colony in 2011- 2014. In general, most of the skull differences in both species were related to character length (skulls tended to become longer). In A. flavicollis, the skull size differences between zones were most expressed in subadult and adult individuals, while in M. glareolus they were most expressed in juveniles, with only a few characters different in adults and none in subadult voles. For both species, the largest skull characters were found mostly in the zone characterized by both the greatest number of cormorant nests and the longest and strongest influence by the colony. Concluding we confirm that the great cormorant colony has an influence on the skull morphometry of A. flavicollis and M. glareolus and we hypothesize that these differences enhance the ability of survival in specific conditions.

The spatial genetic structure of bank vole (Myodes glareolus) and yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) populations: The effect of distance and habitat barriers

2009 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Kozakiewicz ◽  
Alicja Gryczyńska–Siemiątkowska ◽  
Hanna Panagiotopoulou ◽  
Anna Kozakiewicz ◽  
Robert Rutkowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Genetic Structure ◽  
Bank Vole ◽  
Microsatellite Loci ◽  
Myodes Glareolus ◽  
Apodemus Flavicollis ◽  
Island Populations ◽  
Local Populations ◽  
Bank Vole Myodes Glareolus ◽  
Yellow Necked Mouse

AbstractHabitat barriers are considered to be an important factor causing the local reduction of genetic diversity by dividing a population into smaller sections and preventing gene flow between them. However, the “barrier effect” might be different in the case of different species. The effect of geographic distance and water barriers on the genetic structure of populations of two common rodent species – the yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) and the bank vole (Myodes glareolus) living in the area of a lake (on its islands and on two opposite shores) was investigated with the use of microsatellite fragment analysis. The two studied species are characterised by similar habitat requirements, but differ with regard to the socio-spatial structure of the population, individual mobility, capability to cross environmental barriers, and other factors. Trapping was performed for two years in spring and autumn in north-eastern Poland (21°E, 53°N). A total of 160 yellow-necked mouse individuals (7 microsatellite loci) and 346 bank vole individuals (9 microsatellite loci) were analysed. The results of the differentiation analyses (FST and RST) have shown that both the barrier which is formed by a ca. 300 m wide belt of water (between the island and the mainland) and the actual distance of approximately 10 km in continuous populations are sufficient to create genetic differentiation within both species. The differences between local populations living on opposite lake shores are the smallest; differences between any one of them and the island populations are more distinct. All of the genetic diversity indices (the mean number of alleles, mean allelic richness, as well as the observed and expected heterozygosity) of the local populations from the lakeshores were significantly higher than of the small island populations of these two species separated by the water barrier. The more profound “isolation effect” in the case of the island populations of the bank vole, in comparison to the yellow-necked mouse populations, seems to result not only from the lower mobility of the bank vole species, but may also be attributed to other differences in the animals' behaviour.

scholarly journals Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii among sylvatic rodents in Poland

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej Grzybek ◽  
Daniela Antolová ◽  
Katarzyna Tołkacz ◽  
Mohammed Alsarraf ◽  
Jolanta Behnke-Borowczyk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Toxoplasma Gondii ◽  
Rodent Species ◽  
Myodes Glareolus ◽  
Host Age ◽  
Bank Voles ◽  
Vole Species ◽  
Age And Sex

ABSTRACTToxoplasma gondii is a significant pathogen affecting humans and animals. We conducted seromonitoring for T. gondii in four sylvatic rodent species in Poland. We report an overall seroprevalence of 5.5% (3.6% for Myodes glareolus and 20% for other vole species). Seroprevalence in bank voles varied significantly between host age and sex.

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