Ábrahám Levente: Vegyes tanulmányok - Natura Somogyiensis 3. (Kaposvár, 2002)

Lanszki József: Nyestek (Martes foina Erxl.) táplálkozási szokásainak összehasonlító vizsgálata mezőgazdasági és urbánus környezetben - Comparative study on feeding habits of the stone marten (Martes foina Erxl.) in rural and urban environments

LANSZKI J.: NYESTEK (MARTES FOINA) TÁPLÁLKOZÁSI SZOKÁSAI 145 Comparative study on feeding habits of the stone marten (Martes foina Erxl.) in rural and urban environments JÓZSEF LANSZKI Feeding habits of stone martens living outside of a settlement (district of Fonó Fish Pond, rural habitats) and urban environment (village name Fonó) was investigated by scat analysis (n=572 and 151, resp.). The trophic niche overlap between the two populations of stone martens was 78,5%, but the diet composition differed significantly in taxonomical point of view. The dominant food of every two stone martens' population were plants (mainly fruits; 33,6 and 31,0%, resp., relative frequency data). The main preys were small mammals (19,9%, mainly common vole) for martens living outside of the settlement and birds (19,8%, mainly sparrow) for the urban ones. The ratio of consumed domestic animals (4,2 and 14,8% resp., mainly poultry) in the diet of the stone marten populations differed significantly. In the diet of stone martens living on rural habitats, garbage occurred rarely; its prey was more frequently smaller and lived on ground level, characteristically far from human environment, compare to diet of urban stone martens. Author's address: Dr. József LANSZKI University of Kaposvár Faculty of Animal Science H-7401. Kaposvár P.O.Box 16 HUNGARY