The underestimated droves

Just like the large warm -blooded animals, small forest animals also fulfill many key ecological functions. The interrelationships are often surprisingly complex and sometimes astonishing science.

Text: Kurt de Swaaf

It is best to hear them at night. If you are very quiet yourself, sit on a lying tree trunk and listen carefully into the dark forest, you will probably soon hear this unmistakable rustling. Mice in leaf litter. The rodents are practically omnipresent in Central Europe and therefore play important ecological roles. The most common rodents include the so -called forest mice of the genus ApodemuS, but in forests, but above all through the yellow neck mouse (Apodemus Flavicolis) are represented. In owls, foxes and martens, the little four -legged friends are at the top of the menu, but they too have a good influence due to their eating habits. “Yellow neck mice are sperm specialists,” explains biologist Rafał Zwolak from the Polish University of Poznan. The animals eat

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