9th BALTIC THERIOLOGICAL CONFERENCE Daugavpils, 16 – 18 October, 2014 Photo: Māris Pilāts PROGRAMME Daugavpils 2014 European Social Fund, project No.2013/0022/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/053 The project was supported by the 9th BALTIC THERIOLOGICAL CONFERENCE Daugavpils, 16 – 18 October, 2014 International Scientific Committee: Dr., Jānis Ozoliņš, Latvian State Forest Research Institute “Silava”, Salaspils, Latvia chairman of the Conference Dr.hb, Linas Balčiauskas, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania Dr., Prof. Arvīds Barševskis, Institute of Systematic Biology, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia Dr., Digna Pilāte, Institute of Systematic Biology, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia Dr., Urmas Saarma, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia Dr., Dainis Edgars Ruņģis, Latvian State Forest Research Institute “Silava”, Salaspils, Latvia European Social Fund, project No.2013/0022/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/053 The project was supported by the PROGRAMME 16th October, 2014 Daugavpils University, Parādes str. 1 9.00-10.30 REGISTRATION, COFFEE BREAK (The Foyer of Life Sciences and Technologies Building) 10.30 WELCOME WORDS Room 118 SECTION 1. GENETICS: MAMMALS ON MOLECULAR LEVEL / Facilitated by Urmas Saarma / Room 118 10.50-11.10 BROWN BEAR (URSUS ARCTOS) PHYLOGEOGRAPHY IN EURASIA AND POST LGM COLONISATION OF NORTH AMERICA Peeter Anijalg, Marju Keis, John Davison, Egle Tammeleht, Urmas Saarma /Department of Teriology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Estonia/ 11.10-11.30 GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF ALIEN SPECIES RACCOON DOG (NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES) IN BALTIC REGION Loreta Griciuvienė, Algimantas Paulauskas. Jana Radzijevskaja /Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania/ Vaclovas Gedminas /Kaunas Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum, Lithuania/ 11.30-11.50 GENETIC DIVERSITY OF THE RED FOX VULPES VULPES AND RACCOON DOG NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES IN LITHUANIA Laima Baltrūnaitė /Nature Research Centre, Lithuania/ 11.50-12.10 FIRST STEPS TOWARDS GENETIC MONITORING OF GREY WOLVES CANIS LUPUS IN LATVIA: RELATIONSHIPS AMONG INDIVIDUALS HUNTED WITHIN A FIVE YEAR PERIOD Dainis E. Ruņģis, Agnese Gailīte, Anita Gaile, Guna Bagrade, Jānis Baumanis, Agrita Žunna, Gundega Done, Alda Stepanova, Aivars Ornicāns, Krišs Bitenieks, Mārtiņš Lūkins, Jānis Ozoliņš / Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava", Latvia/ European Social Fund, project No.2013/0022/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/053 The project was supported by the Urmas Saarma /Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Estonia/ Digna Pilāte / Daugavpils University, Institute of Systematic Biology, Latvia/ 12.10-12.30 POPULATION OF FOREST REINDEER (RANGIFER TARANDUS FENNICUS LONNB.) IN REPUBLIC OF KARELIA: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF CONTROL REGION MTDNA ANALYSIS Danila Panchenko, Konstantin Tirronen, Pjotr Danilov /Institute of Biology of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia/ Anna Baranova, Marina Holodova / N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russia/ 12.30-12.50 NEW DATA ON DISTRIBUTION, CHROMOSOMAL AND MITOCHONDRIAL DNA VARIABILITY IN THE YELLOW NECKEDMOUSE (APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS MELCH., 1834, MURIDAE, RODENTIA) AT THE EASTERNBOUNDARY OF THE RANGE Lidia Yalkovskaya, Sergey Zykov, Eugeni Isvarin, Petr Sibiryakov /Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division of RAS, Russia/ 12.50-13.10 MOLECULAR INVESTIGATIONS OF PATHOGENS IN CERVIDS AND IN ECTOPARASITES (TICKS AND DEER KEDS) INFESTING CERVIDS IN LITHUANIA Irma Pūraitė, Jana Radzijevskaja, Algimantas Paulauskas, Aniolas Sruoga / Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania/ 13.10-14.30 LUNCH / Facilitated by Dainis Ruņģis / 14.30-14.50 MONITORING LIFE-THREATENING ECHINOCOCCUS SPECIES IN AN URBAN AREA USING A NEW MOLECULAR METHOD Leidi Laurimaa, John Davison and Urmas Saarma / University of Tartu, Department of Zoology, Estonia/ 14.50-15.10 PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CHROMOSOME RACES OF THE COMMON SHREW (SOREX ARANEUS L.) IN EASTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPE European Social Fund, project No.2013/0022/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/053 The project was supported by the Alina Mishta / University of Tartu, Department of Zoology, Estonia/ SECTION 2 UNGULATES: ABUNDANCE, ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT / Facilitated by LinasBalčiauskas / Room 118 15.10-15.30 CAUSES AND SPATIAL DIFFERENCES OF ROE DEER POPULATION DOWNFALL IN 2010-2012 AS INDICATED BY WINTER TRACK COUNTS Rauno Veeroja, Liisi Laos, Peep Männil / Department of Wildlife Monitoring, Estonian Environment Agency, Estonia/ 15.30-15.50 CENSUS OF UNGULATES USING COMPARING TWO SAMPLING SCHEMES CAMERA–TRAPS: Nickolay Markov, Nickolay Pogodin / Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology RAS, Russia / Evgeny Ivanko / Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics RAS, Russia/ 15.50-16.10 QUALITY OF TROPHIES OF LITHUANIAN UNGULATES Paulius Alejūnas, Linas Balčiauskas / Nature Research Centre, Lithuania/ 16.10-16.30 COFFEE BREAK 16.30-16.50 SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING OF WILD BOAR INCREASES GROUND NEST DEPREDATION Ragne Oja, Harri Valdmann / Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Estonia/ 16.50-17.10 IMPACT OF HUNTING ON THE SEX AND AGE STRUCTURE IN UNGULATE POPULATIONS Jānis Baumanis, Gundega Done, Jānis Ozoliņš /Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava", Latvia/ 17.10-17.30 THE USE OF ANTLERS AS BIOINDICATORS OF HEAVY METAL POLLUTION Aleksandra Giżejewska /Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olszty, Poland/ Józef Szkoda, Jan Żmudzki, Agnieszka Nawrocka /The National Veterinary Research Institute, Poland/ European Social Fund, project No.2013/0022/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/053 The project was supported by the Zygmunt Giżejewski /Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland/ 17.30-17.50 TOXIC METALS CONCENTRATIONS IN RED DEER (CERVUSELAPHUS) VS. LATE PLEISTOCENE REINDEER (RANGIFERTARANDUS) ANTLERS Aleksandra Giżejewska /Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olszty, Poland/ Józef Szkoda, Jan Żmudzki, Agnieszka Nawrocka / The National Veterinary Research Institute, Poland/ Zygmunt Giżejewski /Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland/ 18.00 POSTERS SESION (The Foyer of Life Sciences and Technologies Building) 17th October, 2014 Daugavpils University, Parādes str. 1 SECTION 3. CARNIVORES: DISTRIBUTION HABITATS AND FROM DIETS TO PARASITES / Facilitated by Jānis Ozoliņš / 9.00-9.20 ACROSS VARIOUS Room 118 ANT SPECIES COMPOSITION IN DIET OF ESTONIAN BROWN BEARS Marju Keis, Egle Tammeleht, Harri Valdmann, Urmas Saarma /Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Estonia/ Ants-Johannes Martin, Ave Lind /Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia/ Peep Männil /Centre of Forest Protection and Silviculture, Estonia/ 9.20-9.40 THE DIET OF THE RED FOX (VULPES VULPES) IN ESTONIA AND IN EUROPE Egle Soe, Urmas Saarma, Harri Valdmann, Karmen Süld, John Davison, Ants Kaasik / University of Tartu, Department of Zoology, Estonia / 9.40-10.00 LYNX POPULATION SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION IN LANDSCAPES OF VARIOUS HUMAN IMPACTS European Social Fund, project No.2013/0022/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/053 The project was supported by the Raido Kont, Martin Absalon and Jaanus Remm / University of Tartu, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Department of Zoology, Estonia / Anne Kull /Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Department of Landscape Management and Nature, Estonia/ 10.00-10.20 LONG-TERM AND REGIONAL PATTERN OF POPULATION INCREASE OF THE OTTER LUTRA LUTRA IN FINLAND JuhaTianen and Jukka Rintala /Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Finnland/ 10.20-10.40 EFFECT OF MAMMALIAN PREDATOR ON THE POPULATIONS OF UNGULATES IN MIDDLE URALS Nickolay Korytin, Vladimir Bolshakov, Nickolay Markov / Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology RAS, Russia / 10.40-11.00 COFFEE BREAK / Facilitated by Guna Bagrade / 11.00-11.20 DYNAMICS OF HOME RANGES AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED CARNIVORES IN THE EUROPEAN NORTH OF RUSSIA: ON THE EXAMPLE OF KARELIA Pjotr Danilov /Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia/ 11.20-11.40 PARASITES OF RACCOON DOG (NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES) IN ESTONIA. Epp Moks, Leidi Laurimaa, Karmen Süld, Egle Soe, Harri Valdmann, Urmas Saarma /University of Tartu, Estonia/ 11.40-12.00 DIET AND PARASITES OF AN INTRODUCED SPECIES RACCOON DOG IN ESTONIA Karmen Süld, Harri Valdmann, John Davison, Urmas Saarma / University of Tartu, Institute of Zoology, Estonia/ 12.00-11.20 DATA ON ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS IN FOX AND RACCOON DOG POPULATION IN LATVIA DURING 2010-2013 European Social Fund, project No.2013/0022/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/053 The project was supported by the SEASON OF RABIES STATE ERADICATION AND CONTROL PROGRAMME Guna Bagrade /Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava", Latvia/ Zanda Esīte, Gunita Deksne / Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment - "BIOR", Latvia / 12.30-14.00 LUNCH SECTION 4. SMALL MAMMALS: BEHAVIOUR, PHYSIOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION / Facilitated by Tatjana Zorenko / Room 113 9.00-9.20 SEX DIFFERENCES IN PARENTAL BEHAVIOR IN CAPTIVE SOCIAL VOLE (MICROTUS SOCIALIS) AND PARADOX VOLE (MICROTUS PARADOXUS) Unda Zimante, Tatjana Zorenko / University of Latvia, Faculty of Biology, Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, Latvia/ 9.20-9.40 THE IMPACT OF ACOUSTIC AND CHEMICAL STRESS SIGNALS ON BEHAVIOUR AND FORAGING TACTICS OF VOLES Zbigniew Borowski /Forest Research Institute, Poland/ Karol Zub / Mammal Research Institute PAS, Poland / Marek Gryz /Faculty of Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland/ 9.40-10.00 LIVING ON THE EDGE: PECULARITIES OF DORMOUSE (GLIRIDAE) ECOLOGY ON PERIPHERY OF THE RANGES Rimvydas Juškaitis, Linas Balčiauskas, Laima Baltrūnaitė, Vita Augutė /Nature Research Centre, Lithuania / 10.00-10.20 CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS (BANK VOLE) VERSUS APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS (YELLOW-NECKED MOUSE): DO THEY SHOW DIFFERENT FOOD PREFERENCES IN LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS? Peter Mühlböck /Institute of Zoology, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic; Mortaraplatz 2/49, Vienna, Austria / František Sedlaček /Institute of Zoology, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic/ European Social Fund, project No.2013/0022/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/053 The project was supported by the 10.20-10.40 EFFECTS OF BEAVER TO HABITAT STRUCTURE IN EASTERN LITHUANIAN HILLY MORAINE LANDSCAPE (GIS ANALYSIS) Arūnas Samas, Alius Ulevičius /Faculty of Natural Sciences of Vilnius University, Lithuania/ 10.40-11.00 COFFEE BREAK / Facilitated by GunārsPētersons / 11.00-11.20 THE ANTIOXIDANT AND IMMUNE SYSTEM IN HIBERNATED BATS Viktor Ilyukha / Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Republic of Karelia, Russia; Petrozavodsk state university, Republic of Karelia, Russia/ Ekaterina Antonova, Lyudmila Uzenbaeva, Vladimir Belkin, Evgenij Khizhkin, Svetlana Sergina, Tatyana Ilyina, Irina Baishnikova, Aleksandra Kizhina, Alina Yakimova / Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Republic of Karelia, Russia/ 11.20-11.40 NATHUSIUS' PIPISTRELLE AND FOREST DORMOUSE - TWO DIFFERENT HABITAT REQUIREMENTS IN THE BOREAL FOREST Valdis Pilāts / Nature Conservation Agency, Latvia / Digna Pilāte, Rūta Ozere, Lelde Krūmiņa / Daugavpils University, Institute of Sistematic Biology, Latvia / 11.40-12.00 BATS (CHIROPTERA) AT WINTERING SITES IN EASTERN FENNOSCANDIA Vladimir Belkin, Danila Panchenko, Konstantin Tirronen, Fyodor Fyodorov, Alina Yakimova, Darja Lebedeva, Sergey Bugmyrin /Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia/ 12.00-11.20 BAT FATALITIES AT WIND ENERGY FACILITIES IN THE NORDIC-BALTIC REGION Gunars Petersons /Latvia University of Agriculture, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Latvia/ Viesturs Vintulis / University of Latvia, Faculty of Biology, Latvia / Jens Rydell / Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Sweden / European Social Fund, project No.2013/0022/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/053 The project was supported by the 12.30-14.00 LUNCH SESSION 4. CONTINUED. SMALL MAMMALS: BEHAVIOUR, PHYSIOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION / Facilitated by Rimvydas Juškaitis / 14.00-14.20 Room 118 NEW DATA ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SIBERIAN FLYING SQUIRREL (PTEROMYS VOLANS L.) IN EUROPEAN AND WEST-SIBERIAN BOREAL FORESTS Elena Kulebyakina /Individual researcher, Russia / Sergey Gashev, Dmitriy Nizovcev /Tyumen State University, Russia / Ilpo Hanski /Helsinki University, Finland; Finnish Museum of Natural History, Finland / Sergey Kochanov /Institute of Biology, Komi Research Centre, Russian Academy of Science, Russia / Juri Kurhinen /Helsinki University, Finland; Forest Research Institute, Russian Academy of Science,Karelia, Russia / Viktor Mamontov /Institute of Ecological problems in the North, Ural branch, Russian Academy of Science, Northern, Russia / Evgeniya Muravskaya, Evgeny Zadiraka /individual researcher, Russia / Leonid Simakin /Pechoro-Ilychskiy Nature Biosphere Reserve, Komi Republic, Russia/ Andrey Sivkov /Pinezhsky State Nature Reserve, Russia / 14.20-14.40 SMALL MAMMAL ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY IN EASTERN LATVIA: COMPARISON OF SNAP-TRAPPING IN FOREST HABITAT GROUPS AND OWL PREY ANALYSIS Andris Avotiņš (jr.), Gaidis Grandāns / Latvian Ornithological Society, Latvia/ Linda Dambeniece, Mārtiņš Zilgalvis / University of Latvia, Faculty of Biology, Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, Latvia / Vitālijs Ignatjevs / Daugavpils University, Institute of Systematic Biology, Latvia / Valdis Pilāts / Natural Conservation Agency, Latvia/ 14.40-15.00 SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITY CHANGES DURING EARLY FOREST SUCCESSION STAGES Aušra Čepukienė, Linas Balčiauskas, Marius Jasiulionis / Nature Research Centre, Lithuania / European Social Fund, project No.2013/0022/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/053 The project was supported by the SECTION 5. ALTERATIONS IN MAMMALIAN FAUNA: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES / Facilitated by Tiit Randveer and RaunoVeeroja / Room 118 15.00-15.20 GOLDEN JACKAL – NEW CARNIVORE IN NORTHERN EUROPE? Peep Männil, Inga Jõgisalu / Estonian Environment Agency, Estonia/ Janis Ozolins /Latvian State Forest Research Institute „Silava”, Latvia/ Tiit Maran / Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of 10 Life Sciences, Estonia; Species Conservation Lab, Tallinn Zoological Gardens, Estonia / 15.00-15.20 WOLF-DOG HYBRIDS IN EUROPE Urmas Saarma, Maris Hindrikson, Liivi Plumer / Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Estonia/ Peep Männil / Estonian Environment Agency, Estonia/ Janis Ozolins / State Forest Research Institute “Silava”, Latvia / 15.20-15.40 ON THE RACCOON PROCYON LOTOR INVASION THREAT Alius Ulevičius, Egidijus Bukelskis /Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania/ Algimantas Paulauskas /Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania/ 16.00-16.20 COFFEE BREAK 16.20-16.40 RAPID URBANIZATION OF RED FOXES IN ESTONIA: DISTRIBUTION, BEHAVIOUR, ATTACKS ON DOMESTIC ANIMALS, AND HEALTH-RISKS RELATED TO ZOONOTIC DISEASES Liivi Plumer, Urmas Saarma / Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Estonia/ 16.40-17.00 SUMMER DIET OF THE EURASIAN LYNX IN SOUTHERN FINLAND ACCORDING TO GPS-TRACKING Katja Holmala / Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Finnland/ European Social Fund, project No.2013/0022/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/053 The project was supported by the 17.00-17.20 CHANGE OF LANDUSE AND DYMAMIC IN WILDLIFE OF MIDDLE EUROPE Annegret Stubbe, Michael Stubbe / Martin-Luther-Luther-University Halle, Institute of Biology, Department of Zoology, Germany/ 17.20-17.40 THE HISTORY, DISPERSAL RATE AND THE CURRENT STATUS OF CANADIAN AND EUROPEAN BEAVERS IN KARELIA Pjotr Danilov, Fyodor Fyodorov, Vladimir Belkin, Konstantin Tirronen, Danila Panchenko / Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre of RAS, Russia/ 17.20-17.40 ROAD ECOLOGY IN LITHUANIA: THE INFLUENCE OF MAMMAL-VEHICLE ACCIDENTS ON MAMMAL DIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABILITY Linas Balčiauskas, Laima Balčiauskienė / Nature Research Centre, Lithuania/ 18.30 DEPARTURE TO DAUGAVPILS RESEARCH CENTRE ”ILGAS” UNIVERSITY STUDY AND 19.00 WELCOME RECEPTION 24:00 DEPARTURE TO DAUGAVPILS 18th October, 2014 DAUGAVPILS UNIVERSITY STUDY AND RESEARCH CENTRE ”ILGAS” 8:30 DEPARTURE TO DAUGAVPILS UNIVERSITY STUDY AND RESEARCH CENTRE ”ILGAS” SECTION 5. ALTERATIONS IN MAMMALIAN FAUNA: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES / Facilitated by Laima Balčiauskienė / 9.00-9.20 SHOULD WILD BOAR (SUS SCROFA) BE MANAGED AS A WILD OR URBAN ANIMALS? THE DILEMMA FACING THE VISTULA SPIT POPULATION ON POLISH BALTIC COAST Bogusław Bobek, Jakub Furtek, Marta Wojciuch-Płoskonka and Maciej Ziobrowski / Department of Ecology, Wildlife Research and Ecotourism, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland/ European Social Fund, project No.2013/0022/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/053 The project was supported by the 9.20-9.40 NEW SPECIES OF SMALL MAMMALS IN THE BALTIC STATES: SHIFTING RANGES OR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE? Linas Balčiauskas, Laima Balčiauskienė / Nature Research Centre, Lithuania/ Uudo Timm /Estonian Theriological Society, Estonia/ 9.40-10.00 MAMMAL COMMUNITY IN A HABITAT INFLUENCED BY A COLONY OF GREAT CORMORANTS Marius Jasiulionis, Laima Balčiauskienė, Linas Balčiauskas /Nature Research Centre, Lithuania / 10.00-13.00 WORKSHOPS Interdisciplinary challenges in mammal research (Facilitated by U. Saarma, D.E.Ruņģis) Mammals and hunting (Facilitated by J.Baumanis) Status updates of large carnivore populations (Facilitated by P.Männil) Alterations in fauna: acceptance or fight? (Facilitated by Linas Balčiauskas) 13.00 CLOSING OF THE CONFERENCE, LUNCH 14.00 POST-MEETING TOUR 18.00 DEPARTURE TO DAUGAVPILS POSTERS 1. BIOLOGY OF DOMINANT RODENT SPECIES DURING THE NONVEGETATIVE PERIOD IN LITHUANIA Laima Balčiauskienė, Aušra Čepukienė, Linas Balčiauskas /Nature Research Centre, Lithuania/ European Social Fund, project No.2013/0022/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/053 The project was supported by the 2. OCCURRENCE OF TREMATODE ALARIA ALATA IN DEFINITIVE HOSTS IN LATVIA Zanda Esite /Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment “BIOR”, Latvia; University of Latvia, Faculty of Biology, Latvia/ Gunita Deksne, / Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment “BIOR”, Latvia / Guna Bagrade /Latvian State Forest research institute “SILAVA”, Latvia/ 3. USING DENTAL MICROWEAR ANALYSIS TO ESTIMATE DIET COMPOSITION IN CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS: EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Maria Fominykh, Sergey Zykov /Institute of plant and animal ecology UB of RAS, Russia/ 4. SIKA DEER AND ROE DEER HELMINTHS Justina Monika Gibiežaitė, Irma Pūraitė, Vytautas Mažeika, Algimantas Paulauskas /Vytautas Magnus University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Dept. of Biology, Lithuania/ 5. DOMINANT AND SUBORDINATE STALLIONS AGGRESSIVENESS IN GROUPS OF ‘KONIK POLSKI’ IN NATURE PARK „DVIETES PALIENE” Vanda Gibovska /Daugavpils University, Institute of Systematic Biology, Latvia/ 6. VITAMINS A AND E IN PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION OF MAMMALS WITH DIFFERENT ECOGENESIS Tatiana Ilyina, Irina Baishnikova, Vladimir Belkin, Tatiana Ruokolaynen /Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia/ 7. SMALL MAMMAL SAMPLING USING MODIFIED PITFALL TRAPS AND KARIOLOGIC SPECIES DIAGNOSTICS Valters Kinna / University of Latvia, Faculty of Biology, Latvia/ Jānis Ozoliņš /Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava", Latvia/ European Social Fund, project No.2013/0022/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/053 The project was supported by the 8. IMPORTANCE OF FOREST STRUCTURES IN THE USE OF NESTBOXES BY FOREST DORMOUSE DRYOMYS NITEDULA (PALLAS) IN THE NATURE RESERVE “ILGAS” Lelde Krūmiņa, Digna Pilāte /Daugavpils University, Institute of Systematic Biology,Latvia Valdis Pilāts /Nature Conservation Agency, Latvia/ 9. FLEA DIVERSITY IN SMALL MAMMALS FROM PENINSULA KURŠIU NERIJA OF LITHUANIA Indrė Lipatova, Algimantas Paulauskas /Department of Biology, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania/ Vaclovas Gedminas /Kaunas Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum, Lithuania/ 10. HELMINTHS OF RATS (RATTUS SPP.) IN LITHUANIA Vytautas Mažeika, Vilija Kupstaitė /Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania/ Marius Jasiulionis /Nature Research Centre, Lithuania/ 11. HELMINTHS OF YELLOW-NECKED MOUSE (APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS) TRAPPED IN THE TERRITORY OF COLONY OF GREAT CORMORANTS Vytautas Mažeika, Diana Navickaitė /Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania/ Marius Jasiulionis, Laima Balčiauskienė /Nature Research Centre, Lithuania/ 12. HELMINTHS OF MUSTELIDS (MUSTELIDAE) IN LITHUANIA Dovilė Nugaraitė, Vytautas Mažeika, Algimantas Paulauskas /Vytautas Magnus University, Department of Biology, Lithuania/ 13. DISTRIBUTION OF EURASIAN LYNX (LYNX LYNX) IN LATVIA FROM 1900 TO 2013 Aivars Ornicāns, Jānis Ozoliņš /Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava", Latvia/ European Social Fund, project No.2013/0022/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/053 The project was supported by the 14. RELATION BETWEEN INTENSITY OF SUMMER BROWSING AND DEER EXCREMENTAL PELLET GROUPS WITHIN FORESTLANDS DURING 4 YEARS Arvīds Priedītis, Samantha Howlett /Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava", Latvia/ 15. ECOLOGY OF STRAY DOGS IN THE REPUBLIC OF KARELIA Natalia Sedova /Saint-Petersburg City Palace of Youth Creativity, ecological and biological center “Krestovky”, Russia/ 16. YELLOW NECKED MOUSE (APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS), WOOD MOUSE (APODEMUS SYLVATICUS) EURASIAN HARVEST MOUSE (MICROMYS MINUTES) GENETIC DIVERSITY RESEARCHES Karolis Sivickis, Algimantas Paulauskas /Vytautas Magnus University , Lithuania / Vaclovas Gedminas / Tadas Ivanauskas zoo museum, Lithuania / 17. THE MICROSATELLITE MARKERS FOR GENETIC STRUCTURE OF MUSKRAT (ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS) Gintarė Skyrienė, Algimantas Paulauskas /Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania/ Vladimir Belkin, Fyodor Fyodorov /Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia/ 18. DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF WOLVES IN LITHUANIA, 2013 Renata Špinkytė-Bačkaitienė, Kastytis Šimkevičius /Aleksandras Stulginskis Unifersity, Faculty of Forestry and Ecology, Lithuania/ 19. MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF MOOSE IN ESTONIA Juri Tenisson, Rauno Veeroja /Estonian Environment Agency, Estonia/ 20. FIRST RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION OF ECOLOGY AND HELMINTHES OF WHITE SEA COASTAL BROWN BEAR SUBPOPULATION Konstantin Tirronen, Danila Panchenko, Sergey Bugmyrin /Institute of Biology of Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia/ European Social Fund, project No.2013/0022/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/053 The project was supported by the 21. GENETIC DIVERSITY OF MOUNTAIN HARE (LEPUS TIMIDUS) IN KARELIA Lyudmila Topchieva, Vladimir Belkin, NickolayRendakov, Irina Malysheva /Institute of Biology of Karelian Research Centre of RAS, Russia/ 22. NUMBER DYNAMICS AND PRESENT-DAY RESOURCES OF WOLF, RED FOX, BADGER, RACCOON DOG IN THE CENTRAL REGIONS OF THE EUROPEAN RUSSIA Mikhail Vaisfeld, Sergei Pushkaryov / Institute of Geography, Russia/ Yuliy Gubar /Tsentrokhotkontrol, Russia/ 23. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOME ECOLOGICAL FEATURES OF MICROTUS AND ARVICOLA VOLES Alina Yakimova / Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia/ Ivan Leontiev / Petrozavodsk State University, Russia / European Social Fund, project No.2013/0022/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/053 The project was supported by the
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