MEDŽIOJAMŲJŲ ŽVĖRIŲ POPULIACIJŲ BŪKLĖ MEDŽIOTOJŲ BŪRELIO „DUŠNIONYS“ TERITORIJOJE

• Main Author: Matulevičiūtė, Jurgita
• Other Authors: Sabalinkienė, Gintarė
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: Lithuanian; English
• Published: Institutional Repository of Kaunas College of Forestry and Environmental Engineering 1482
• Subjects: morphometric traits; territory of hunters; internal organs mass; Alces alces
• Online Access: http://kmaik.oai.elaba.lt/documents/20830251.pdf; http://kmaik.lvb.lt/KMAIK:ELABAETD20830251&prefLang=en_US

Thesis discusses hunters flock \"Dušnionys\" hunted roe deer, red foxes and hares morphometric indicators, areas characteristic. During the study, hunted animals were measured in separate parts of the body: the body, feet, ears, tail length, chest girth, determined for roe internal organs: heart, lung and liver weight, hare body weight during the investigation morphometric indicators are compared with the data presented in the literature. Aim: To evaluate the hunters flock \"Dušnionys\" hunted roe deer, hares, foxes and morphometric parameters and compare them with the general Lithuanian animal morphometric data. Work tasks are : 1. Describe hunters circle \"Dušnionys\" area characteristic. 2. Rate hunted roe deer morphometric indicators. 3. Rate hunted red foxes morphometric indicators. 4. Rate hunted hare morphometric indicators. Results - The territory of hunters club „Dušnionys“ is suitable for big and small game fauna as well as birds. Most abundant big game species is moose (Alces alces), red deer (Cervus elaphus), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), wild boar (Sus scrofa) and even fallow deer (Dama dama) which was introduced in this game area. The abundance of roe deer is very high, exceeding the highest limit in the area. Thus, in order to reduce the negative impact of roe deer to forest regeneration, roe deer game bag must be increased in coming game seasons. The comparative ANOVA analysis of morphometric traits shows that roe deer males are larger than females in their body size and mass. But, the measured average roe deer morphometric traits are smaller than average size in the country, published in book „Lietuvos fauna.Žinduoliai“. Most likely roe smaller roe deer body size and mass is influenced by low quality food recourses and high population density. Larger male body morphometric traits were observed in foxes as well, but the difference was not statistically significant, most likely due to small sample number. 2 of 7 culled red foxes were infected by scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei). Two morphometric traits were detected, useful to determine the age (young or adult) of hare – body mass and chest circumstance