PROGRAMME & BOOK OF ABSTRACTS 9TH INTERNATIONAL DORMOUSE CONFERENCE 18 SEPTEMBER – 23 SEPTEMBER 2014 SVENDBORG – DENMARK ISBN: 978-87-93129-19-1 PROGRAMME & BOOK OF ABSTRACTS 9TH INTERNATIONAL DORMOUSE CONFERENCE 18 SEPTEMBER – 23 SEPTEMBER 2014 SVENDBORG - DENMARK Foto: Jacob Alsted CONTENTS CONTENT WELCOME ...............................................................................................................................................................................5 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME ......................................................................................................................................6 ABSTRACTS ..........................................................................................................................................................................11 POSTERS ................................................................................................................................................................................ 54 3 Foto Peter Leth WELCOME DEAR COLLEAGUES The organizing committee is happy to welcome you all to the 9th International Dormouse Conference, 18 September – 23 September 2014 Svendborg, Denmark ORGANIZING COMMITTEE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Thomas Bjørneboe Berg, NATURAMA Pat Morris, United Kingdom Dronningemaen 30, DK-5700 Svendborg, Denmark Tel. +45 2488 6285, [email protected] Rimvydas Juškaitis, Lithuania Helle Vilhelmsen, Dormiceconsult.dk Boris Krystufek, Slovenia Bontvedvej 13, DK-5700 Svendborg, Denmark Tel. +45 2811 2350, [email protected] Sven Büchner, Germany Leif Bisschop-Larsen, Danish Ministry of the Environment Thomas Bjørneboe Berg, Denmark Nature Agency Sollerupvej 24, DK-5600 Faaborg, Denmark Peter Sunde, Denmark Tel. +45 7254 3473, [email protected] Morten Elmeros, Denmark Mogens Krog, Danish Ministry of the Environment Nature Agency Hans J. Baagøe, Denmark Haraldsgade 53, DK-2100 København Ø., Denmark Tel. +45 2526 9567, [email protected] LINGUISTIC REVISION OF ABSTRACTS Aksel Bo Madsen, Department of Bioscience – Kalø Jennifer Lynch, Department of Bioscience – Kalø, Aarhus Aarhus University University Grenåvej 14, DK-8410 Rønde, Denmark Tel. +45 2166 3170, [email protected] Sven Büchner, Ortsstraße 174, D-02829 Markersdorf, Germany Tel. +49 35829 64602, [email protected] 5 PROGRAMME CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 18 SEPTEMBER, THURSDAY 16:00 Arrival and registration at Naturama, Dronningemaen 30, 5700 Svendborg 19:00 Dinner and informal welcome party at Naturama in the evening 19 SEPTEMBER, FRIDAY 9:00-9:30 Opening ceremony 9:00-9:10 Thomas B. Berg (Denmark) Welcome to the place and the conference 9:10-9:15 Helle Vilhelmsen (Denmark) House keeping arrangements 9:15-9:30 Pat Morris (United Kingdom) Review the history and purpose of the dormouse conferences 9:30-11:15 Palaeo-zoology, morphometry, evolution Chair: Pat Morris (United Kingdom) 9:30-9:55 Hilmar Schnick & S. Büchner (Germany) The occurrence of the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) in the south-western Baltic region and its biogeographical implications 9:55-10:20 Alice Mouton, S. Renaud & J.R. Michaux (Belgium) When morphometry meets genetics: the case of the common dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius 10:20-10:45 Naderi Gholamreza., M. Kaboli, M. Lahout, M. Kamran, A. Davadrpanah, H. Rezaei & B. Krystufek (Iran) Evolutionary divergence of the fat dormouse in Hycanian refugium of northern Iran 10:45-11:00 Olga Grigoryeva (Russia) Phylogeography of the forest dormouse Dryomys nitedula (Pallas, 1778) (Gliridae, Rodentia) in Russian plain and the Caucasus 11: 0 0 -11:15 Fraser J. Combe, J. Ellis, & E. Harris (United Kingdom) The phylogeographic structure of UK hazel dormice, Muscardinus avellanarius, and their genetic rela- tionship to mainland Europe 11:15-11:35 Coff ee and tea break 6 PROGRAMME 11:35-12.50 Predation, hibernation, trophic level Chair: Nida Al-Fulaij (United Kingdom) 11:35 -12: 0 0 Shusaku Minato, M. Iwabuchi & H. Aiba (Japan) Stable isotope analysis for the trophic level of the Japanese dormouse 12:00-12:25 Laima Baltrūnaitė, R. Juškaitis & V. Augutė (Lithuania) Diet of three dormice species on the north-western periphery of their ranges 12:25-12:50 Peter Adamik (Czech Republic) Killing is a young males’ business: patterns and benefi ts of nest predation on cavity-nesting birds by edible dormouse 12:50-13:50 Lunch at Naturama 13:50-15:00 Immune system, reproduction 1 Chair: Rimvydas Juškaitis (Lithuania) 13:50-14:05 Franz Langer & J. Fietz (Germany) Ways to measure body temperature in the fi eld 14:05-14:30 Roger C. Trout, S. Brooks & P. Morris (United Kingdom) Why are old edible dormice (Glis glis) not found in nest boxes in some years? 14:30-14:55 Dania Richter, F.-R. Matuschka, J. Tomiuk & J. Fietz (Germany) Seasonal prevalence of lyme disease spirochetes in the edible dormouse (Glis glis) 14:55-15:15 Coff ee and tea break 15:15-16:35 Demography, reproduction 2 Chair: Alice Mouton (Belgium) 15:15-15:30 Nadine Havenstein & J. Fietz (Germany) Life histories written in blood 15:30-15:45 Agata Czapracka, M. Jurczyszyn & E. Baraniak (Poland) Coexistence of three dormouse species (edible dormouse, common dormouse, forest dormouse) and their infestation with fl eas in Poland 15:45-16:00 Mirosław Jurczyszyn & A. Czapracka (Poland) Frequency of occurrence of loud calls in wild populations of edible dormouse Glis glis 16:00-16:15 Georgi Markov (Bulgaria) Bioavailability of heavy metals in forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula PALL., 1779) in agricultural region in Bulgaria 16:30-17:30 Poster presentations 19:00 Dinner on your own in the town of Svendborg 20:30 Video session at Naturama by Joachim Hinz (45 min) Sleepy head dormouse Wide Awake 7 PROGRAMME 20 SEPTEMBER, SATURDAY 9:00-10:40 Habitat and environment 1 Chair: Sven Büchner (Germany) 9:00-9:25 Rasmus M. Mortensen, M. Fischer, L. Dalby, P. Sunde and T.B. Berg (Denmark) Habitat selection analyses of the common dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius in Denmark 9:25-9:50 Robyn A. Grant (United Kingdom) Canopy use in the hazel dormouse 9:50-10:15 Michelle F. Fischer, R.M. Mortensen, L. Dalby, P. Sunde and T.B. Berg (Denmark) Spatial behavior of the common dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius in Denmark 10:15-10:40 Rimvydas Juškaitis, Linas Balčiauskas, Laima Baltrūnaitė & Vita Augutė (Lithuania) Peculiarities of dormouse (Gliridae) populations on the north-western periphery of their distributional range 10:40-11:00 Coff ee and tea break 11:00-12:20 Habitat and environment 2 Chair: Joanna Fietz (Germany) 11: 0 0 -11:25 Markus Dietz, S. Büchner, J. Hillen & B. Schulz (Germany) Species distribution and dispersal corridor modelling for the hazel dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius at the northern border of its range 11:25 -11:4 0 Simone Bullion (United Kingdom) 15 years of tracking down Suff olk (UK) Dormice 11:4 0 -11:55 Magomedrasul Magomedov (Russia) Habitats quality assessment of forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula Pallas 1779) in Dagestan, Russia; role of food availability and vegetation structure 11:55 -12:10 Johannes Böhme & S. Büchner (Germany) How many controls are enough? Monitoring the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) in Saxony (Germany)? 12:10-12:35 Carina Scherbaum-Heberer, K.-H. Schmidt,. & B. Koppmann-Rumpf (Germany) Various nestbox types and their suitability for the common dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius 12:35-13:30 Lunch at Naturama 13:30-14:50 Nestbox studies, marking Chair: Carina Scherbaum-Herberer (Germany) 13:30-13:55 Roger Trout, S. Brooks & P. Rudlin (United Kingdom) The advantages of permanent marking, such as microchipping, during long term monitoring of the hazel dormouse 13:55-14.10 Vita Augutė & R. Juškaitis (Lithuania) New data on ecology of the fat dormouse (Glis glis) in Lithuania 14:10-17:30 Trip with the ferry M/S Helge and visit at the castle of Valdemar (stuff ed animals) 19:00 Dinner on your own in the town of Svendborg 20:30 Video session at Naturama by Goedele Verbeylen (60 min) How to live-trap common dormice and (almost) nothing else 8 PROGRAMME 21 SEPTEMBER, SUNDAY 9:00- 12:30 Visit at diff erent dormouse projects in the surroundings (fauna bridge, habitats, etc) Lunch in the forest of Sollerup 15:00-17:00 More illustrative habitats (Svanninge Bjerge and Nørremark) 19:00 Dinner on your own in the town of Svendborg 22 SEPTEMBER, MONDAY 9:00-10:40 Management and monitoring 1 Chair: Peter Adamik (Czech Republic) 9:00-9:25 D. Rozyska, Jasmine Lim, R. Trout & S. Brooks (United Kingdom) Have wild boar signifi cantly impacted on hazel dormouse populations in the UK? 9:25-9:50 Pat & M. Morris (United Kingdom) Evidence for social behaviour in Glis glis and its potential signifi cance. 9:50-10:15 Kim Madikiza (South Africa) Sociality in the African woodland dormouse Graphiurus murinus: preliminary results and future studies 10:15-10:40 Emmanuel Do Linh San, S. Lamani & K. Madikiza (South Africa.) Microhabitat selection of the woodland dormouse Graphiurus murinus in a riverine Combretum thicket 10:40-11:00 Coff ee and tea break 11:00-12:05 Management and monitoring 2 Chair: Roger Trout (United Kingdom) 11: 0 0 -11:25 Ian White (United Kingdom) Hazel dormouse life history from the NDMP 11:25 -11:50 Lars Dalby, P. Sunde, M. Elmeros, C.J. Topping (Denmark) An agent-based model for common dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius and the lessons learned from constructing it 11:50 -12: 0 5 Nida Al-Fulaij (United Kingdom) Dormice at Briddlesford Nature Reserve 12:05 -13:10 Lunch at Naturama 13:10-14:25 Conservation 1 Chair: Aksel B. Madsen (Denmark) 13:10-13:35 Amelia Mogg & R. Trout (United Kingdom) Surveys