@misc{Skowrońska-Ochmann_Katarzyna_Common_2011,
 author={Skowrońska-Ochmann, Katarzyna and Ziomek, Joanna and Banaszek, Agata},
 editor={Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii},
 copyright={Rights Reserved - Free Access},
 address={Warszawa},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2011},
 language={eng},
 abstract={An inventory of the localities of common hamsters was conducted in the years 2007-2009. It revealed 14 localities of this rodent in 12 communes within the Silesian Voivodeship. The sites are situated in four macroregions: the Silesian Upland (7 localities), the Woźniki-Wieluń Upland (3 localities), the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland (1 locality) and the Przedbórz Upland (3 localities). The present western border of the distribution range of the common hamster in Poland is marked by the following places: Kamieńszczyzna (the Wieluń Upland), Piekary Śląskie (the Tarnowskie Góry Hummock) and Chorzów (the Katowice Upland). A comparison of the number of communes currently inhabited by the common hamster with the data from 40 years ago proves a significant reduction in the population of this species (12 communes out of 43) in the Silesian Voivodeship. The common hamster usually occurs in agricultural areas; however, it can also be encountered in home gardens or in allotments. Moreover, populations inhabiting fields extremely isolated by urban infrastructure were discovered (Siemianowice Śląskie, Piekary Śląskie) and they will be constantly monitored..},
 type={Text},
 title={Common hamster Cricetus cricetus (L., 1758) in the Silesian Voivodeship, South Poland},
 URL={http://rcin.org.pl/miiz/Content/36173/PDF/WA058_52934_P256-T54_Frag-Faun-Nr-1.pdf},
 volume={54},
 number={1},
 journal={Fragmenta Faunistica},
 publisher={Museum and Institute of Zoology, PAS},
 keywords={common hamster, Cricetus cricetus, Muridae, murids, Rodentia, rodents, Mammalia, mammals, distribution, population decline, South Poland, Silesian Voivodeship},
}