Ábrahám Levente: Vegyes tanulmányok - Natura Somogyiensis 3. (Kaposvár, 2002)
Purger J. Jenő: A Somogyszob, Hajmás és Kálmáncsa közötti térség kisemlős faunája, gyöngybagoly Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) köpetek vizsgálata alapján - Small mammal fauna of the region between Somogyszob, Hajmás and Kálmáncsa based on barn owl Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) pellet analysis
110 NATURA SOMOGYIENSIS Small mammal fauna of the region between Somogyszob, Hajmás and Kálmáncsa based on barn owl Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) pellet analysis JENŐ J. PURGER Barn owl pellets were collected in county Somogy (investigated area: XM72, XM82, XM81, XM92, XM91, YM02, YM01, YM00, YM12 and YM22 UTM grids) between 1993 and 2000, from 31 localities. In a total of 2429 barn owl pellets there were 8376 prey remnants (3.4 was the prey per pellet ratio). Small mammals were dominating (98.3%). Remnants of birds, amphibians, diplopods and insects consisted 1.7% of total prey. Mammal prey consisted of Soricidae (Sorex araneus, Sorex minutus, Neomys anomalus, Neomys fodiens, Crocidura leucodon, Crocidura suaveolens) 47.85%, Talpidae (Talpa europaed) 0.02%, Vespertilionidae (Myotis myotis, Eptesicus serotinus, Plecotus austriacus) 0.05%, Arvicolidae (Clethrionomys glareolus, Arvicola terrestris, Microtus agrestis, Microtus arvalis, Microtus subterraneus) 28.50%, Muridae (Micromys minutus, Apodemus agrárius, Apodemus flavicollis, Apodemus sylvaticus, Rattus norvegicus, Mus musculus, Mus spicilegus and specimens belonging to genus Apodemus, Rattus and Mus) 23.25%, Gliridae (Glis glis, Muscardiniis avellanarius) 0.32%, and Mustelidae (Mustela nivalis) 0.01%. Authors address: Dr. Jenő J. PURGER University of Pécs, Faculty of Sciences, Institute of Biology, Department of Zootaxonomy and Synzoology H-7624 Pécs Ifjúság útja 6. HUNGARY
