OCCUPANCY OF THE NEST-BOXES BY SPECIES OF GLIRIDAE(MAMMALIA: RODENTIA: GLIRIDAE) IN THE FIRST YEARS AFTER THEIRPUTTING UP ON THE TERRITORY OF THE STAROBINSKY RESERVE

Abstract

local nature reserve with the use of artificial nesting boxes. The Starobinsky is located in Soligorsk district of
Minsk region and is confined to the floodplain biotopes of the Sluch River. In 2021—2022 there were checked 49 nestboxes
for tits and 32 nest-boxes for the dormouse. These works were carried out twice a month during the active season
of the dormouse. The habitats of two species of the dormouse, the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius (Linnaeus,
1758)) and the edible dormouse (Glis glis (Linnaeus, 1766)), have been identified. In addition, birds, rodents, insectivores
and social insects occupied nest boxes, which is important to consider in terms of dormice conservation. For 2 years of
observations, a similar seasonal dynamics of occupation was noted — a maximum in April-June, mainly due to the habitat
of birds. The proportion of empty nests in the second year of operation was significantly less than in the first.
Dormice occupied nest-boxes in the first year after their setting already, and this happened at the end of the breeding
season — September, and in the second year after hanging — in April. Occupation of nest-boxes by dormice in 2022 was near
2 times more than in the previous year (11.1 % versus 6.1 %); nest-boxes for dormice were occupied to 16 %, titmice — 8 %.

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