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- Title
Notes on autumn-winter stomach contents of the Stone Marten (Martes foina) in the Balkan Mountains, Central Bulgaria.
- Authors
MASUMI HISANO; RAICHEV, EVGENIY; PEEVA, STANISLAVA; GEORGIEV, DIAN; HIROSHI TSUNODA; RYUICHI MASUDA; YAYOI KANEKO
- Abstract
We studied autumn-winter food (November-February, 1997-2003) of the Stone Marten in the Balkan Mountains, Central Bulgaria. A total of 26 stomachs (18 of males and eight of females) were examined, of which contents was expressed as the number of occurrence and relative frequency of occurrence. The result clearly showed that rodents are primary prey for the Stone Marten. Birds and insects were the following categories consumed. The edible dormouse was detected as a prey for the first time in Bulgaria. Besides, wild ungulates and domestic animals were occasionally scavenged, while neither fruits nor artificial materials were detected in the marten stomachs. Thus, our study showed that the Stone Marten in the Balkan Mountains tended to be more carnivorous in winter.
- Subjects
BALKAN Mountains (Bulgaria); STONE marten; STOMACH; RODENTS; INSECTS; BIRDS
- Publication
ZooNotes, 2014, p1
- ISSN
1313-9916
- Publication type
Article