Small mammals of the suburban areas of Warsaw in the diet of the tawny owl Strix aluco
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 const...
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| author | Jerzy Romanowski Grzegorz Lesiński Marta Bardzińska |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b69665ab2647461687a202b53c3c49832025-02-02T04:02:17ZengUniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w WarszawieStudia Ecologiae et Bioethicae1733-12182020-12-0118510.21697/seb.2020.18.5.31Small mammals of the suburban areas of Warsaw in the diet of the tawny owl Strix alucoJerzy Romanowski0Grzegorz Lesiński1Marta Bardzińska2Faculty of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Faculty of Animal Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences,Faculty of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, 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.https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/7231RodentiaSoricomorphaChiropteraowl pelletsanthropogenic landscape |
| spellingShingle | Jerzy Romanowski Grzegorz Lesiński Marta Bardzińska Small mammals of the suburban areas of Warsaw in the diet of the tawny owl Strix aluco Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae Rodentia Soricomorpha Chiroptera owl pellets anthropogenic landscape |
| title | Small mammals of the suburban areas of Warsaw in the diet of the tawny owl Strix aluco |
| title_full | Small mammals of the suburban areas of Warsaw in the diet of the tawny owl Strix aluco |
| title_fullStr | Small mammals of the suburban areas of Warsaw in the diet of the tawny owl Strix aluco |
| title_full_unstemmed | Small mammals of the suburban areas of Warsaw in the diet of the tawny owl Strix aluco |
| title_short | Small mammals of the suburban areas of Warsaw in the diet of the tawny owl Strix aluco |
| title_sort | small mammals of the suburban areas of warsaw in the diet of the tawny owl strix aluco |
| topic | Rodentia Soricomorpha Chiroptera owl pellets anthropogenic landscape |
| url | https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/7231 |
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