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PRELIMINARY DATA ON THE ECOLOGY OF WOODMOUSE APODEMUS-SYLVATICUS LINNE, 1758, NEAR TALA-GUILEF, DJURDJURA-NATIONAL-PARK ALGERIA

TitlePRELIMINARY DATA ON THE ECOLOGY OF WOODMOUSE APODEMUS-SYLVATICUS LINNE, 1758, NEAR TALA-GUILEF, DJURDJURA-NATIONAL-PARK ALGERIA
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1994
AuthorsHAMDINE, W., & POITEVIN F.
JournalREVUE D ECOLOGIE-LA TERRE ET LA VIE
Volume49
Pagination181-186
KeywordsAlgeria, Apodemus sylvaticus, Ecological abundance, Plant cover, population structure, seasonal variation, Sex ratio
Abstract

Wood mice (n = 166) were sampled in 1989-1990 by line trapping in the Djurdjura National Park, Algeria. Most were observed in forests of sclerophyllous oaks (Quercus ilex, Quercus suber) and in mountain grasslands. The species was scarcer in cedar forests. Most (70 %) of the captured individuals were adults with a large number of males. Furthermore, most of the individuals were captured in spring (ca. 52 %).