Materials of garden dormouse summer nests in Germany-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Materials of garden dormouse summer nests in Germany

Published:2024-07-31 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0025-1461
Container-title:Mammalia
language:en
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Author:

Lang Johannes¹^ORCID,Kneisel Raissalyn M.E.¹,Büchner Sven¹²

Affiliation:

1. Clinic for Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish, Working Group for Wildlife Research , 614496 Justus-Liebig-University Giessen , D-35392 Giessen , Germany

2. Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz , Am Museum 1, D-02826 Görlitz , Germany

Abstract

Abstract Nesting is a central topic in the behavioural ecology of many species, but data on the materials used to construct mammal nests are rarely reported. This paper describes the most commonly used components from 25 summer nests of the garden dormouse, a small threatened rodent endemic to Europe. Median nest dry weight of 25 nests was 15.5 g (10.3–21.1 g) and moss was the most common material (78 %), followed by leaves (9 %). Mosses were also the most frequently used material, with Hypnum cupressiforme being the most frequently used taxon in 11 out of 25 nests.

Funder

German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mammalia-2024-0014/pdf

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