Habitat requirements of the common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) and the fat dormouse (Glis glis) in mature mixed forest in Lithuania

Ekologia Bratislava

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-151

  Juškaitis, Rimvydas ^a   Šiožinyte, Vita ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Dormice; Forest aging; Forest stands; Tree canopy; Understorey; Use of nestboxes

Indexed keywords

AGING; ASSESSMENT METHOD; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MIXED FOREST; RODENT; SYMPATRY; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION COVER;

CONIFERALES; CORYLUS; CORYLUS AMERICANA; CORYLUS AVELLANA; LONICERA; LONICERA XYLOSTEUM; MUSCARDINUS AVELLANARIUS; MYOXIDAE; MYOXUS; MYOXUS GLIS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 47249118786     PISSN: 1335342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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