Subtitle:

The food of Strix aluco in the Oder Valley ; Pokarm puszczyka Strix aluco w dolinie Odry w województwie opolskim (południowo-zachodnia Polska)

Publisher:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Description:

24 cm

Type of object:

Czasopismo/Artykuł

Abstract:

The aim of this paper was to describe the diet of the tawny owl Strix aluco in the Oder Valley in the Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland. Tawny owl pellets were collected in the years 1996-2024 from 22 sites, grouped into five distinct localities. In total 19 species of mammals were found: 4 species of Soricomorpha, 1 Chiroptera, 1 Lagomorpha, 12 Rodentia and 1 Carnivora. Among 1103 identified prey items (902 belonged to mammals), 77.1% belonged to Rodents, which played the most important role as a prey at every locality. Microtus arvalis, Apodemus agrarius, A. flavicollis and Clethrionomys glareolus were the most important prey species in the tawny owl`s diet. Crocidura suaveolens, M. arvalis, Mus musculus and A. agrarius were more frequently caught by tawny owl in farmlands, whereas A. flavicollis and C. glareolus were more abundant in forest habitats. High domination of Arvcollidae with Muridae in the diet, together with very low share of soricomorphs and other group of mammals, may indicate a considerable degradation of once natural environment of the Oder Valley within this section, currently dominated with farmland monocultures.

Relation:

FRAGMENTA FAUNISTICA 67 (1): 61–71, 2024

Volume:

67

Issue:

1

Start page:

61

End page:

71

Detailed Resource Type:

Artykuł

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:243048 ; 10.3161/00159301FF2024.67.1.061

Source:

MiIZ PAN, sygn. P.256 ; MiIZ PAN, sygn. P.4664

Language:

eng

Rights:

Licencja Creative Commons Uznanie autorstwa 4.0

Terms of use:

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Digitizing institution:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Original in:

Biblioteka Muzeum i Instytutu Zoologii PAN

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