Original scientific paper
Distribution and ecological requirements of dormouse species occurring in Hungary
Botond Bakó
; Dept. of Zoology and Ecology, Gödöllő University of Agricultural Sciences, H-Gödöllő, 2103, Páter Károly u. 1., Hungary
Gábor Csorba
; Dept. of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary
László Berty
; Natural Sciences Foundation, H-2131 Göd, Körös u. 15, Hungary
Abstract
The distribution of three Hungarian dormouse species (Muscardinus avellanarius, Myoxus glis, Dryomys nitedula) is shown. The authors compare their data with maps of natural vegetation of Hungary, and indicate the original habitat requirements for each species. According to this, the most common and most adaptive species is Muscardinus avellanarius.
The authors also examined human affected habitats using live-traps at 12 sites in the country during 1995 and 1996. The hazel dormouse provided the largest number of captures, natural habitats were mostly inhabited by the fat dormouse and the forest dormouse was the rarest in traps and occurred in human affected habitats only.
Keywords
Myoxidae; Hungary; habitat preference; distribution
Hrčak ID:
225866
URI
Publication date:
31.3.1998.
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