Feeding strategy of two rodent species in a set-aside field and its influence on alimentary tract morphometry

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68081766:_____/19:00499266 RIV/62156489:43410/19:43914480 RIV/62157124:16170/19:43876271 RIV/62157124:16810/19:43876271

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2017-0106" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2017-0106</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2017-0106" target="_blank" >10.1515/mammalia-2017-0106</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Feeding strategy of two rodent species in a set-aside field and its influence on alimentary tract morphometry

Original language description

We examined the feeding strategy of two dominant rodents, the common vole (Microtus arvalis) and the pygmy field mouse (Apodemus uralensis), in set-aside fields over a period of 1 year. Diet analysis revealed dominance of green plant shoots in common vole?s diet and seeds in the diet of the pygmy field mouse. Food availability in the set-aside fields was strongly correlated with the diet of the herbivorous common vole, but not with that of the granivorous pygmy-field mouse. Both feeding strategies reflect specific morphological adaptations of the digestive tract of both species. A comparison of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT; length and mass without oesophagus; including contents) of the common vole and pygmy field mouse revealed a correlation between body size and length and the GIT weight in both species. The common vole had a proportionally heavier GIT with a larger of the common vole and pygmy field mouse relative proportion of caecum. The GIT length was proportionally greater in juvenile females, while the GIT weight was greater in adult females of both species. The GIT morphometry of both species varied with season and reproductive status, presumably as food consumed altered in line with vegetation phenology and the rodent?s energy requirements.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

<a href="/en/project/LQ1601" target="_blank" >LQ1601: CEITEC 2020</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Mammalia

ISSN

0025-1461

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

83

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

34-40

UT code for WoS article

000453693000004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85047218753