Small mammals found in discarded bottles in alpine and pre-alpine areas of NW-Italy
<strong>Abstract</strong> 189 bottles and 6 cans, containing the remains of 904 small mammals were collected in alpine and pre-alpine areas of Piedmont, Aosta Valley and Lombardy. The following taxa were recorded: <em>Sorex alpinus</em>, &...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associazione Teriologica Italiana
1997-12-01
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| Series: | Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/article/view/4109 |
| Summary: | <strong>Abstract</strong> 189 bottles and 6 cans, containing the remains of 904 small mammals were collected in alpine and pre-alpine areas of Piedmont, Aosta Valley and Lombardy. The following taxa were recorded: <em>Sorex alpinus</em>, <em>Sorex araneus</em>, <em>Sorex minutus</em>, <em>Neomys fodiens</em>, <em>Crocidura leucodon</em>, <em>Crocidura suaveolens</em>, <em>Eliomys quercinus</em>, <em>Clethrionomys glareolus</em>, <em>Microtus arvalis</em>, <em>Microtus multiplex/subterraneus</em>, <em>Microtus savii</em>, <em>Chionomys nivalis</em>, <em>Apodemus</em> spp., <em>Mus domesticus</em>, <em>Soricidae</em> was the best represented family in the sample (73.5% of the specimens found), with a different occurrence of <em>Crocidurinae</em> and <em>Soricinae</em> in xerothermic and non-xerothermic areas. |
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| ISSN: | 0394-1914 1825-5272 |