Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 36/1. (2016)
Zoology
Alina LARION, Victoria NISTREANU, Veaceslav SITNIC, Vlad POSTOLACHI Conclusions The highest density of mound-building mouse was recorded on fallow ground in some agrocoenoses and in the area of ecotone. In these biotopes the mound-building mouse is a constant or characteristic species with ecological significance (W) 7.9% — 44.4%. In autumn the most numerous mounds were registered on fallow ground, in unharvested maize and in sunflower, at ecotone fallow ground — wheat and fallow ground — maize, and the lowest number of mounds — in alfalfa and wheat stubble. At the ecotone fallow-agrocoenoses the mounds are the largest, because only in this area there are many seed of both crops and spontaneous plants. In spring the largest mounds were at the ecotone between agrocoenoses, on corn stubble, on fallow ground and at the ecotone fallow- corn stubble, while the smallest mounds were on alfalfa field. The longest period the mounds preserve on fallow, on strip between agrocenoses, on lands with perennial plants and in the area of ecotone, because these lands are not subject so often to agro-technical activities. Abandoned land, fallow ground and ecotone zone plays an important role in the survival of the species. In these biotopes the highest number of mounds was found, they were the largest and the period of preservation was the longest. Acknowledgements The work was performed under the fundamental project 15.187.021 IF at the Institute of Zoology of A.S.M., financed by Supreme Council for Science and Technological Development of Academy of Sciences of Moldova. REFERENCES 1. Larion, A., Munteanu, A., Nistreanu, V, Corcimaru, N., 2011, Peculiarities of mound building in Mus spicilegus Petenyi 1882 in Republic of Moldova. // International Conference of Zoologists dedicated to the 50th anniversary from the foundation of Institute of Zoology of ASM.: 39 — 40. 2. Larion, A., Munteanu, A., Nistreanu, V, Savin, A., Sitnic, V, Corcimaru, N., 2011, Specific features of the food supply composition in Mus spicilegus Petenyi, 1882 (Rodentia, Muridae) in the Republic of Moldova. Buletinul Academiei de §tiinfe a Moldovei. §tiinple viepi. Nr. 3 (315) Chisinau: 106 — 112. 3. Munteanu, A., Nistreanu, V, Larion, A., Savin, A., 2010, Role of cohorts in population functioning of the species Mus spicilegus Petenyi (Rodentia, Muridae). // International Conference Rodens et spatium, Turkey, p. 8. 4. Muntyanu, A.I., 1990, Ecological features of an overwintering population of the hillock mouse (Mus hortulanus Nordm.) in the South-West of the U.S.S.R. // Biological Jurnal of the Linnean Society, 41: 73—82. 5. Nistreanu, V, Savin, A., Larion, A., Sitnic, V, Chihai, O., 2011, Ecological aspects of rodent communities in agrarian ecosystems of Moldova, Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj- Napoca. Volume 68, issue 1: 272—276. 6. Savin, A., Nistreanu, V, 2009, Structural — functional transformations of rodent communities in ecosystems of Moldova against a background of anthropogenic and climatic changes. Muzeul Olteniei Craiova. Oltenia. Studii §i Comunicäri. §tiinfele Naturii, Vol. XXV: 275—280. 7. Котенкова E.B., Мунтяну А.И., 2007, Феномен синантропии: адаптации и становление синантропного образа жизни в процессе эволюции домовых мышей. Успехи современной биологии, 127 (5): с. 525-539. 8. Ларион А.Ф., Нистряну В.Б., Сытник В.Л., Постолаки В.Е., 2016, Экологические особенности курганчиковой мыши Mus spicilegus Petenyi 1882 (Rodentia, Muridae) в осенний период в центральной части Республики Молдова. Биоразнообразие и рациональное использование природных ресурсов: Материалы докладов IV Всероссийской заочной научно-практической конференции с международным участием, 25 марта 2016 г., г. Махачкала. Махачкала: ДГПУ С. 83-86. 106
