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Title:

Home ranges and population densities of shrews ( Soricidae ) inhabiting a spruce plantation in Bavaria, Germany

Creator:

Kollars, T. M., Jr.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1995

Description:

The common shrew Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758 and pygmy shrew S. minutus Linnaeus, 1766 were live-trapped for 10 months in a spruce plantation. Mean home range size were 1058 (SD = 381) m2 for the common shrew and 2146 (SD=147) m2 for the pygmy shrew. The density estimates of S. araneus varied from 4 ind/ha in winter to 26 ind/ha in summer, and these of S. minutus were 2 ind/ha and 7 ind/ha, respectively. Peak densities for booth species occurred during August. It appears that maintaining a viable population of these two shrew species in this spruce plantation requires no special precaution.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

population density ; Germany ; home range ; shrews ; Sorex araneus ; Sorex minutus ; Soricidae ; Ryjówka malutka ; Ryjówka aksamitna ; areał osobniczy ; zagęszczenie populacji

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

40

Issue:

2

Start page:

219

End page:

222

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.95-21

Source:

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Language:

eng ; Sum. eng.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

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