naa a22 4500 510745040 CHVBK 20180411083043.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s13364-013-0139-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s13364-013-0139-8 Duma Ioan Department of Biology, Faculty of Chemistry-Biology-Geography, West University of Timişoara, Pestalozzi no. 16 Street, 300115, Timişoara, Romania aut Flea burden and its influence on nest selection and use in Dryomys nitedula Pallas, 1778 [Elektronische Daten] [Ioan Duma] Since dormice usually use natural tree hollows or artificial nest boxes as nest sites and these nests are reused from 1year to another, the present study investigated how the parasite loads from old nests affected the behaviour of the forest dormouse Dryomys nitedula Pallas, 1778. Dormice were subjected to three different experiments: 1. They were given the choice of a nest box infected with ectoparasites and a new unused nest box; 2. Dormice were given the choice of a treated (uninfected) previously used nest boxes and previously used nest box that was infected; and 3. Using infrared motion sensor cameras, we tested weather they preferred to avoid nest boxes when only infected nests were available. The results revealed that the females with pups are pickier when choosing the nursery site. These preferred empty nest boxes or nest boxes with treated nests instead of the infested ones. However, non-breeding adults and sub-adults showed indifference to the flea infestation of the nest. Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland, 2013 Ceratophyllus sciurorum nationallicence Dormice nationallicence Ectoparasite load nationallicence Nest boxes nationallicence Acta Theriologica Springer Berlin Heidelberg 58/4(2013-10-01), 419-423 0001-7051 58:4<419 2013 58 13364 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-013-0139-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-013-0139-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Duma Ioan Department of Biology, Faculty of Chemistry-Biology-Geography, West University of Timişoara, Pestalozzi no. 16 Street, 300115, Timişoara, Romania aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta Theriologica Springer Berlin Heidelberg 58/4(2013-10-01), 419-423 0001-7051 58:4<419 2013 58 13364 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer