Pub Date : 2011-07-29DOI: 10.3409/AZC.54A_1-2.31-37
S. Parfitt, D. Harrison
Abstract. A lower incisor and two lower premolars of Macroneomys, from the early Middle Pleistocene archaeological site at Pakefield (Suffolk, UK), add to the relatively small number of finds of this enigmatic shrew known from the Pleistocene of Europe. Molluscs and vertebrates associated with the Pakefield Macroneomys suggest deposition in a large, fast-flowing river, bordered by open herbaceous vegetation and regional deciduous woodland. Macroneomys from Sugworth (near Oxford) and West Runton (Norfolk) is also associated with fluvial environments. This suggests that the species may have had an ecological preference for aquatic habitats. The thick enamel and bulbous morphology of the lower premolars from Pakefield may indicate a specialization for crushing, consistent with a diet of hard or abrasive foods that may have included large molluscs and small vertebrates.
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Pub Date : 2011-07-29DOI: 10.3409/AZC.54A_1-2.01-29
Piroska Pazonyi
Late Neogene and Quaternary changes of climate and vegetation in the Carpathian Basin can be reconstructed using some ecological parameters of mammalian communities. This study is based on mammalian faunal data from 156 layers of 64 Upper Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene localities from the Carpathian Basin. Some of the applied methods analyse the species composition of mammalian faunas (cluster analysis, similarity and longevity studies, and reconstruction of evolutionary lineages). These methods allow the documentation of the first-, secondand third-order events in the mammalian fauna. The other group of analyses consists of taxon-free methods which are based on the ecological parameters (body size, trophic preferences, number of species) of mammalian species and communities. The distribution of ecotypes in a fauna (ecological variables) is primarily determined by the climate and vegetation. Therefore the ecological variables (distribution of body size and the trophic preferences, diversity index) together define the ecological unit which is characteristic to the community. In the Carpathian Basin 10 ecological units are distinguished and interpreted in the studied period. The succession of these ecological units provides a useful framework for tracking Late Pliocene and Quaternary changes in climate and vegetation.
{"title":"Palaeoecology of Late Pliocene and Quaternary mammalian communities in the Carpathian Basin","authors":"Piroska Pazonyi","doi":"10.3409/AZC.54A_1-2.01-29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3409/AZC.54A_1-2.01-29","url":null,"abstract":"Late Neogene and Quaternary changes of climate and vegetation in the Carpathian Basin can be reconstructed using some ecological parameters of mammalian communities. This study is based on mammalian faunal data from 156 layers of 64 Upper Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene localities from the Carpathian Basin. Some of the applied methods analyse the species composition of mammalian faunas (cluster analysis, similarity and longevity studies, and reconstruction of evolutionary lineages). These methods allow the documentation of the first-, secondand third-order events in the mammalian fauna. The other group of analyses consists of taxon-free methods which are based on the ecological parameters (body size, trophic preferences, number of species) of mammalian species and communities. The distribution of ecotypes in a fauna (ecological variables) is primarily determined by the climate and vegetation. Therefore the ecological variables (distribution of body size and the trophic preferences, diversity index) together define the ecological unit which is characteristic to the community. In the Carpathian Basin 10 ecological units are distinguished and interpreted in the studied period. The succession of these ecological units provides a useful framework for tracking Late Pliocene and Quaternary changes in climate and vegetation.","PeriodicalId":267323,"journal":{"name":"Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia - Series A: Vertebrata","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130869750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-07-29DOI: 10.3409/AZC.54A_1-2.55-76
E. V. Asperen, K. Stefaniak
Excavations in Biœnik Cave have revealed a more or less complete depositional sequence covering the period of MIS 8 to the Holocene. Nearly all layers have produced faunal remains, contributing important information on a fauna of a period which is under- represented in Eastern European Pleistocene collections. Since this region acted as a hinge between the steppe environments of Russia and Central Asia and the oceanic regions of Western Europe, as well as providing refugium areas, research on the site presents an im- portant advance in our knowledge of the late Middle Pleistocene and early Late Pleisto- cene in this area. Caballoid horse remains present an important source of information on the biostratigraphical position of sites dating from this period, as well as furnishing infor- mation on climatic conditions and biogeography based on morphological characteristics. Horse remains from Biœnik Cave are here analysed against a background of other late Middle and Late Pleistocene samples. Remains from all layers in the cave can be attrib- uted to Equus ferus. A gradual morphological change is documented in the sedimentary sequence. Large, robust and somewhat primitive specimens were recovered from the in- terglacial and interstadial lower deposits, indicating a highly productive but relatively open environment. Their morphology could indicate links with Central Asian popula- tions. The upper sedimentary layers witness a size decrease, while the horses remained ro- bust in the glacial and increasingly marginal environments of the Last Glacial.
{"title":"Biœnik Cave and its biostratigraphical position based on equid remains","authors":"E. V. Asperen, K. Stefaniak","doi":"10.3409/AZC.54A_1-2.55-76","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3409/AZC.54A_1-2.55-76","url":null,"abstract":"Excavations in Biœnik Cave have revealed a more or less complete depositional sequence covering the period of MIS 8 to the Holocene. Nearly all layers have produced faunal remains, contributing important information on a fauna of a period which is under- represented in Eastern European Pleistocene collections. Since this region acted as a hinge between the steppe environments of Russia and Central Asia and the oceanic regions of Western Europe, as well as providing refugium areas, research on the site presents an im- portant advance in our knowledge of the late Middle Pleistocene and early Late Pleisto- cene in this area. Caballoid horse remains present an important source of information on the biostratigraphical position of sites dating from this period, as well as furnishing infor- mation on climatic conditions and biogeography based on morphological characteristics. Horse remains from Biœnik Cave are here analysed against a background of other late Middle and Late Pleistocene samples. Remains from all layers in the cave can be attrib- uted to Equus ferus. A gradual morphological change is documented in the sedimentary sequence. Large, robust and somewhat primitive specimens were recovered from the in- terglacial and interstadial lower deposits, indicating a highly productive but relatively open environment. Their morphology could indicate links with Central Asian popula- tions. The upper sedimentary layers witness a size decrease, while the horses remained ro- bust in the glacial and increasingly marginal environments of the Last Glacial.","PeriodicalId":267323,"journal":{"name":"Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia - Series A: Vertebrata","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131051742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-07-29DOI: 10.3409/AZC.54A_1-2.47-53
Adrian Marciszak, O. Kovalchuk
Received: 21 January 2011 Accepted: 15 June 2011 MARCISZAK A., KOVALCHUK O. 2011. The wolverine Gulo gulo LINNAEUS, 1758 from the Late Pleistocene site at Kaniv: a short review of the history of the species in the Ukraine. Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 54A(1-2): 47-53. Abstract. A right fragment of the maxilla of Gulo gulo was found in the Late Pleistocene locality of Kaniv in central Ukraine. The specimen is assigned to the Late Pleistocene form because of its large size and morphological characters of teeth. Fossil remains of Gulo gulo are known from 10 localities in Ukraine, but most of them are not well dated. Palaeontological and historical records of wolverine from Ukraine are discussed.
MARCISZAK A, KOVALCHUK O. 2011。狼獾Gulo Gulo LINNAEUS, 1758年，来自卡尼夫晚更新世遗址:对乌克兰物种历史的简要回顾。动物学报，54A(1-2): 47-53。摘要在乌克兰中部Kaniv晚更新世地区发现了Gulo Gulo的上颌骨右侧碎片。该标本尺寸较大，牙齿形态特征明显，属于晚更新世。在乌克兰的10个地方发现了古洛古洛的化石遗迹，但大多数都没有很好的年代。讨论了乌克兰狼獾的古生物学和历史记录。
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Pub Date : 2011-07-29DOI: 10.3409/AZC.54A_1-2.39-46
Adrian Marciszak, Maciej T. Krajcarz, M. Krajcarz, K. Stefaniak
The first leopard (Panthera pardus) from the Pleistocene of Poland was discovered in the sediments of Biœnik Cave. Bones show morphological and metric similarity to large specimens of the modern leopard. This finding provides evidence for the existence of the leopard in late Middle and early Late Pleistocene in Europe north of the Carpathian arch.
{"title":"The first record of leopard Panthera pardus Linnaeus, 1758 from the Pleistocene of Poland","authors":"Adrian Marciszak, Maciej T. Krajcarz, M. Krajcarz, K. Stefaniak","doi":"10.3409/AZC.54A_1-2.39-46","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3409/AZC.54A_1-2.39-46","url":null,"abstract":"The first leopard (Panthera pardus) from the Pleistocene of Poland was discovered in the sediments of Biœnik Cave. Bones show morphological and metric similarity to large specimens of the modern leopard. This finding provides evidence for the existence of the leopard in late Middle and early Late Pleistocene in Europe north of the Carpathian arch.","PeriodicalId":267323,"journal":{"name":"Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia - Series A: Vertebrata","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132561077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-07-29DOI: 10.3409/AZC.54A_1-2.77-93
A. Gukasova, A. Vlaschenko
We tested how the effectiveness of capturing bats with mist nets varied by month (April-September), period in the bat life cycle, habitat and capture effort. A total of 898 bats of 10 species were captured in the National Nature Park “Gomolshansky lessy” from 2006 to 2009. The most successful month of mist-netting was July with a median value of 4.0 (range 0-16.7) b/h (bats per hour) index and bats caught on 94% of nights. The ratio of different bat species changed in different periods of the bat life cycle. The highest number of bat species was caught in July (n=9). Mist nets placed along an ecotone – the border between forest and river – were the most efficient. The period when young-of-theyear bats become volant is concluded to be the most effective period for mist-netting.
{"title":"Effectiveness of mist-netting of bats (Chiroptera, Mammalia) during the non-hibernation period in oak forests of Eastern Ukraine","authors":"A. Gukasova, A. Vlaschenko","doi":"10.3409/AZC.54A_1-2.77-93","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3409/AZC.54A_1-2.77-93","url":null,"abstract":"We tested how the effectiveness of capturing bats with mist nets varied by month (April-September), period in the bat life cycle, habitat and capture effort. A total of 898 bats of 10 species were captured in the National Nature Park “Gomolshansky lessy” from 2006 to 2009. The most successful month of mist-netting was July with a median value of 4.0 (range 0-16.7) b/h (bats per hour) index and bats caught on 94% of nights. The ratio of different bat species changed in different periods of the bat life cycle. The highest number of bat species was caught in July (n=9). Mist nets placed along an ecotone – the border between forest and river – were the most efficient. The period when young-of-theyear bats become volant is concluded to be the most effective period for mist-netting.","PeriodicalId":267323,"journal":{"name":"Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia - Series A: Vertebrata","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126508982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2010-07-26DOI: 10.3409/AZC.53A_1-2.41-49
Paweł Przybycin
PRZYBYCIN P. 2010. Influence of agricultural landscape structure on breeding bird densities in lowland Polish farmland. Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 53A(1-2): 41-49. Abstract. The influence of agricultural landscape structure (field fragmentation, share of particular crop types and hedges) on relative density of breeding bird species was surveyed in 2005-2007 on 46 transects (width 200 m, length 540-1570 m each) in four lowland, flat regions of Poland. Correlation analysis showed that the densities of 14 bird species were related to particular landscape variables. Several strictly field bird species preferred fragmented fields, cereal cropland and grasslands. Several bird species preferred hedges and abandoned fields with high (>0.5 m) herbaceous vegetation consisting of perennial plants.
Przybycin p . 2010。波兰低地农田农业景观结构对种鸟密度的影响动物学报，53(1-2):41-49。摘要。2005-2007年，在波兰4个低地平坦地区的46个样带(宽200米，长540-1570米)上调查了农业景观结构(田间破碎化、特定作物类型和树篱的比例)对繁殖鸟类相对密度的影响。相关分析表明，14种鸟类的密度与特定的景观变量相关。一些严格的野地鸟类倾向于破碎地、谷类农田和草地。一些鸟类更喜欢由多年生植物组成的高(>0.5 m)草本植被的树篱和荒地。
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Pub Date : 2010-07-26DOI: 10.3409/AZC.53A_1-2.09-34
René Kyselý
An analysis of pre-La Tene period osteological finds of domestic fowl within the Czech Republic is reported. The oldest evidence, a part of a female skeleton, comes from the site at Ostrov-Zapy (Prague - east district) dated to the end of the Bronze Age (end of Stitary culture, Hallstatt B3, which corresponds to the second half of the 9 century BC). Other skeleton remains come from the Rubin site (Louny distr.) dated to the Hallstatt D period. These and other pre-La Tene period archaeological finds are analysed in the Bohe- mian and European context. The origin of domestic fowl in Central Europe, as well as rit- ual aspects and size are discussed together with detailed morphometric characterization.
{"title":"Review of the oldest evidence of domestic fowl Gallus gallus f. domestica from the Czech Republic in its European context","authors":"René Kyselý","doi":"10.3409/AZC.53A_1-2.09-34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3409/AZC.53A_1-2.09-34","url":null,"abstract":"An analysis of pre-La Tene period osteological finds of domestic fowl within the Czech Republic is reported. The oldest evidence, a part of a female skeleton, comes from the site at Ostrov-Zapy (Prague - east district) dated to the end of the Bronze Age (end of Stitary culture, Hallstatt B3, which corresponds to the second half of the 9 century BC). Other skeleton remains come from the Rubin site (Louny distr.) dated to the Hallstatt D period. These and other pre-La Tene period archaeological finds are analysed in the Bohe- mian and European context. The origin of domestic fowl in Central Europe, as well as rit- ual aspects and size are discussed together with detailed morphometric characterization.","PeriodicalId":267323,"journal":{"name":"Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia - Series A: Vertebrata","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132105212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2010-07-26DOI: 10.3409/AZC.53A_1-2.65-78
J. Bartmańska, M. Moska, T. Gottfried
The paper presents updated information on the occurrence of dormice in the Polish Sudetes, based on our 1993-2008 field studies in various parts of the region, and on the results of other studies conducted and published after 1983. The studies confirmed the occurrence of 3 dormice species in the Sudetes: edible dormouse Glis glis LINNAEUS, 1766, hazel dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius LINNAEUS, 1758, and forest dormouse Dryomys nitedula PALLAS, 1778. The edible dormouse occurs in all 5 macroregions of the Polish Sudetes. It is still fairly abundant in the Central and Eastern Sudetes, while it is quite rare in the Western Sudetes. The hazel dormouse is much less common, being slightly more abundant in some ranges of Central Sudetes (Bardzkie and Sto3owe Mts, and the Landscape Park of Wa3brzych Sudetes), and Eastern Sudetes (the Z3ote Mts and the Snie?nik Massif). The occurence of the forest dormouse is limited to the Sudete Foreland (Strzelinskie Hills) and small parts of the Central (Sto3owe Mts) and Eastern Sudetes (Z3ote and Bialskie Mts, Œnie?nik Massif), where all three species co-occur. Not a single locality of the garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus LINNAEUS, 1766 was found, which points to its disappearance from the Polish Sudetes.
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Pub Date : 2010-07-26DOI: 10.3409/AZC.53A_1-2.35-40
M. Polak
POLAK M. 2010. Clutch and egg size variation in the coot Fulica atra breeding on fishponds in eastern Poland test of the optimal egg dimensions hypothesis. Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 53A(1-2): 35-40. Abstract. Clutch and egg size variation of the coot, Fulica atra, was studied in eastern Poland from 2005 to 2008. The study areas were extensively managed fish farms in the Lublin region. A total 797 eggs from 106 clutches were measured during four nesting seasons. Mean clutch size was 7.52 ± 1.59 (range 5-14), modal clutch size was 7. Average values of the egg dimensions are as follows: egg length 52.70 ± 2.33 mm, egg breadth 36.52 ± 1.22 mm and egg volume 35.72 ± 3.44 cm3. Egg dimensions were positively correlated. No significant differences in clutch and egg sizes during the four seasons were found. This suggests that the environmental conditions in the studied fishponds during the study period did not change or had no influence on egg size. There was no significant relationship between egg dimensions and clutch size and the study does not support predictions based on the hypothesis of optimal clutch/egg size.
Polak m . 2010。波兰东部鱼塘饲养的白骨顶的卵和蛋的大小变化——最优卵尺寸假说的检验。动物学报，53(1-2):35-40。摘要2005年至2008年，在波兰东部研究了白骨顶(Fulica atra)的窝和蛋的大小变化。研究区域是卢布林地区管理广泛的养鱼场。在四个筑巢季节，共测量了106个窝的797个蛋。平均离合尺寸为7.52±1.59(范围5-14)，模态离合尺寸为7。鸡蛋尺寸的平均值为:鸡蛋长52.70±2.33 mm，鸡蛋宽36.52±1.22 mm，鸡蛋体积35.72±3.44 cm3。鸡蛋尺寸呈正相关。在四个季节中，窝和蛋的大小没有显著差异。这表明在研究期间，鱼塘的环境条件没有改变或对卵的大小没有影响。卵的大小和卵的大小之间没有显著的关系，研究不支持基于最佳卵/卵大小假设的预测。
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