Title:

Habitat utilization and diet of the harvest mouse Micromys minutus, in an urban environment

Creator:

Dickman, C. R.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1986

Description:

The distribution of the harvest mouse, Micromys minutus, was surveyed in 50 discrete patches of habitat within the City of Oxford using hair sampling tubes and live trapping, and by searching for breeding nests. Mice occured in ten habitat patches ranging in area from 0.30 ha to 1.76 ha. Animals were associated most strongly with patches containing a dense and relatively undisturbed cover of grass and herbs (orchard, scrub and long grass), but in single instances animals were found in woodland, a churchyard and an overgrown garden. Analysis of faecal pellets collected from nests and live-trapped animals showed M. minutus to be omnivorous.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

diet ; food ; habitat utilization ; Micromys minutus ; urban environment ; użytkowanie środowiska ; dieta ; pokarm ; Badylarka ; pułapka żywołowna ; populacja miejska

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

31

Issue:

19

Start page:

249

End page:

256

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.86-24

Source:

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Language:

eng ; sum. eng. ; pol.

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

Access:

Open