Which species of small mammals tolerate highly urbanized areas – the study in Warsaw agglomeration and surroundings
The degree of penetration of urban habitats by small terrestrial mammals was studied in Warsaw agglomeration and in adjacent areas up to 50 km from the city centre. Study material consisted of pellets of the tawny owl Strix aluco collected in 85 sites, which contained 15,152 remains of individuals o...
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| description | The degree of penetration of urban habitats by small terrestrial mammals was studied in Warsaw agglomeration and in adjacent areas up to 50 km from the city centre. Study material consisted of pellets of the tawny owl Strix aluco collected in 85 sites, which contained 15,152 remains of individuals of small mammals. The species that penetrated city agglomeration most intensively were: Apodemus agrarius, Mus musculus, Talpa europaea, Rattus norvegicus and Microtus subterraneus. Most central sites of these species were situated 1.3–2.3 km from the city centre. Microtus agrestis, Mustela nivalis, Arvicola amphibius, Neomys fodiens, Muscardinus avellanarius and Sicista betulina showed the lowest degree of penetration of an urban agglomeration (sites closest to the city centre: 8.2, 8.6, 8.6, 11.2, 17.8 and 20.2 km, respectively). Species, whose share among the owls’ prey decreased most with the distance from the city centre, were: A. agrarius and T. europaea. The reverse pattern was found for M. agrestis and M. avellanarius. Small terrestrial mammals are sensitive to the proceeding urbanization and the central part of Warsaw agglomeration is penetrated by only 1/3 of species of the local fauna. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5967a77fc962490f9468b32bc594d8592025-02-02T03:47:14ZengUniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w WarszawieStudia Ecologiae et Bioethicae1733-12182017-12-0115410.21697/seb.2017.15.4.01Which species of small mammals tolerate highly urbanized areas – the study in Warsaw agglomeration and surroundingsGrzegorz Lesiński0Jakub Gryz1Dagny Krauze-Gryz2Faculty of Animal Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences Department of Forest Ecology, Forest Research InstituteFaculty of Forestry, Warsaw University of Life Sciences The degree of penetration of urban habitats by small terrestrial mammals was studied in Warsaw agglomeration and in adjacent areas up to 50 km from the city centre. Study material consisted of pellets of the tawny owl Strix aluco collected in 85 sites, which contained 15,152 remains of individuals of small mammals. The species that penetrated city agglomeration most intensively were: Apodemus agrarius, Mus musculus, Talpa europaea, Rattus norvegicus and Microtus subterraneus. Most central sites of these species were situated 1.3–2.3 km from the city centre. Microtus agrestis, Mustela nivalis, Arvicola amphibius, Neomys fodiens, Muscardinus avellanarius and Sicista betulina showed the lowest degree of penetration of an urban agglomeration (sites closest to the city centre: 8.2, 8.6, 8.6, 11.2, 17.8 and 20.2 km, respectively). Species, whose share among the owls’ prey decreased most with the distance from the city centre, were: A. agrarius and T. europaea. The reverse pattern was found for M. agrestis and M. avellanarius. Small terrestrial mammals are sensitive to the proceeding urbanization and the central part of Warsaw agglomeration is penetrated by only 1/3 of species of the local fauna.https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/6241RodentiaSoricomorphaurbanizationurban green areashabitat fragmentation |
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| title | Which species of small mammals tolerate highly urbanized areas – the study in Warsaw agglomeration and surroundings |
| title_full | Which species of small mammals tolerate highly urbanized areas – the study in Warsaw agglomeration and surroundings |
| title_fullStr | Which species of small mammals tolerate highly urbanized areas – the study in Warsaw agglomeration and surroundings |
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| title_short | Which species of small mammals tolerate highly urbanized areas – the study in Warsaw agglomeration and surroundings |
| title_sort | which species of small mammals tolerate highly urbanized areas the study in warsaw agglomeration and surroundings |
| topic | Rodentia Soricomorpha urbanization urban green areas habitat fragmentation |
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