First results on the feeding ecology of the Transcaucasian water shrew Neomys teres (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Armenia
| dc.contributor.author | Churchfield, Sara | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rychlik, Leszek | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yavrouyan, Eduard | |
| dc.contributor.author | Turlejski, Kris | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-10-05T07:25:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-10-05T07:25:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Microscopic examination of alimentary tracts of fourteen Neomys teres (Miller, 1908) from a mountainous region in northern Armenia produced the first data on the diet of this almost unknown species of conservation concern. Twenty-three different prey types were distinguished in summer-caught shrews, all invertebrates (14 terrestrial and 9 aquatic in origin). The dominant dietary items were Coleoptera and Diptera adults, Araneae, Opiliones and Lumbricidae plus freshwater crustaceans and Trichoptera larvae. Prey ranged from <3 to >16 mm in length but those eaten most frequently were 6-10 mm in length. Although it was captured beside streams and rivers, aquatic prey comprised only 27% of dietary composition. Despite its morphological similarity to N. fodiens, its foraging niche more closely resembles that of upland populations of N. anomalus and its reliance on aquatic habitats remains equivocal. | pl_PL |
| dc.identifier.citation | Canadian Journal of Zoology vol. 84, 2006, pp. 1853-1858 | pl_PL |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10593/1273 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | pl_PL |
| dc.subject | Water shrew | pl_PL |
| dc.subject | Diet | pl_PL |
| dc.subject | Conservation | pl_PL |
| dc.subject | Armenia | pl_PL |
| dc.title | First results on the feeding ecology of the Transcaucasian water shrew Neomys teres (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Armenia | pl_PL |
| dc.type | Artykuł | pl_PL |