Influence of population density and reproduction on space use and spatial relations in the edible dormouse

Author： Jurczyszyn Mirosław   Zgrabczyńska Ewa  

Publisher： Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences

ISSN： 0001-7051

Source： Acta Theriologica, Vol.52, Iss.2, 2007-04, pp. : 181-188

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Abstract

Food resources and population density are key factors influencing spatio-social organisation. We compared the space use of two dormice Glis glis (Linnaeus, 1766) populations differing in density, one high and the other low, in a breeding year 2002 (when trees masted) and in a non-breeding year 2001 (with reproductive failure and a total lack of mast). In the low-density population males always had larger home ranges and travelled longer distances than females. In the high-density population such differences between sexes became significant only in the breeding year. Home ranges and distances travelled each night were larger in the low-density population, but only for males.

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