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Mammals in the food of the tawny owl Strix aluco in Gorzekały in the Great Masurian Lakeland
Subtitle:Mammals in the food of Strix aluco in the Great Mazurian Lakeland ; Ssaki w pokarmie puszczyka Strix aluco w Gorzekałach w Krainie Wielkich Jezior Mazurskich
Creator:Lesiński, Grzegorz ; Błachowski, Grzegorz
Publisher:Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Place of publishing: Date issued/created: Description: Type of object: Subject and Keywords:owls ; pellets ; small mammals ; Masurian Lakeland ; north-eastern Poland
Abstract:
The study was carried out in Gorzekały, situated ca. 10 km east of Lake Śniardwy in the Masurian Lake District (NE Poland). Pellets of Strix aluco were collected in an abandoned church three times in 2020. Analyses revealed the presence of 141 small mammals belonging to 13 species. The most abundant were: Clethrionomys glareolus, Microtus agrestis and Apodemus flavicollis. Soricomorpha species were relatively rarely (7%) captured by owls. From among bats, two common species (Eptesicus serotinus, Nyctalus noctula) were found. The most valuable rodent species was Sicista betulina, which occurred fairly frequently in the food of S. aluco from Gorzekały.
FRAGMENTA FAUNISTICA 67 (1): 11–14, 2024
Volume: Issue: Start page: End page: Resource type: Detailed Resource Type: Resource Identifier:10.3161/00159301FF2024.67.1.011
Source:MiIZ PAN, call no. P.256 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4664
Language: Rights:Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license
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Digitizing institution:Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Original in:Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
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