Distribution des rongeurs en Kabylie du Djurdjura (Algérie)

Khidas, Kamal

doi:10.1515/mamm.1993.57.2.207

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“…In Algeria, the wood mouse is distributed from sea level up to 2,000 m, from the coast to mountainous zones, and in several types of habitats (Kowalski, 1985;Kowalski et Rzebik-Kowalska, 1991;Khidas, 1993;Hamdine and Poitevin, 1994). As previously reported, A. sylvaticus is the commonest species in high-altitude forests and mountains (Khidas, 1993, Khidas et al, 2002Khammes, 2008). Despite this wide-ranging distribution, no surveys of helminth parasite have yet been conducted on this rodent species in Algeria.…”

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Helminth parasites in the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) from Algeria

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Helminth parasites of the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus (Rodentia, Murinae) were studied for the first time in Algeria. Fifty mice from Mizrana forest were examined in 2017. Our results showed a general prevalence of 82 % and a six species of helminths: four nematodes (Heligmosomoides polygyrus, Syphacia stroma, Syphacia frederici and Rictularia sp.) and two cestodes (Hymenolepis sp. and Hydatigera parva larvae). The most prevalent species was S. stroma (52.0 %), followed by S. frederici (46 %) and H. polygyrus (26 %). Infection rates in the analysed mice were higher in Nematoda (70 %) than in Cestoda (12 %). Host age was the most important factor determining the prevalence of helminth species, with adults being the most infected group. The differences were significant. No differences in prevalence were observed related to host sex or seasonality.

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Helminth parasites in the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) from Algeria

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“…The wood mouse can survive cold winters, which are a limiting factor for M. spretus, which, in contrast, presents marked adaptations to aridity (Sicard et al, 1985). Within the overlapping area of their ranges, the 2 species often co-occur in landscapes such as cultivated lands and open habitats in Great Kabylia, Algeria (Khidas, 1993;Khidas et al, 2002), holm oak forests in Spain (Muñoz & Bonal, 2008), and more closed habitats such as the garrigues of southern France , where they are often caught in the same trap lines Khidas et al, 2002) and sometimes even in the same trap (J. Cassaing, pers.…”

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“…obs.). To summarize, M. spretus occurs mainly in semi-open habitats characterized by tree and/or shrubby cover with a high-coverage herbaceous layer Fons et al, 1988;Khidas, 1993), whereas the wood mouse is ubiquitous in Europe and Northern Africa; throughout its range, A. sylvaticus is known mainly as a forest mammal, but it is opportunistic and also colonizes open areas where M. spretus occurs.…”

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Interactions between 2 Mediterranean rodent species: Habitat overlap and use of heterospecific cues

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Rivière²,

Donno³

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Familiarity with its habitat is vital for any individual, enabling it to meet its requirements for food, shelter, and reproduction. The questions of how optimal habitat is found and is shared with a competitor species remain problematic for rodents. Study of the habitat preferences and selection of 2 murinae from the south of France, the short-tailed mouse Mus spretus and the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus, found a large overlap in habitat and only small differences in preferences. Although both species live in almost every garrigue habitat and are more abundant in transitory humandisturbed areas, A. sylvaticus was higher in abundance in holm oak coppices, while M. spretus was more abundant in low scrubland with shrub oaks or thorny broom thickets. The high level of habitat overlap resulted in many co-occurrences, with A. sylvaticus always more abundant than the short-tailed mouse. When wood mice were experimentally introduced as an attractor in a low-suitability habitat, they surprisingly attracted many short-tailed mice, but fewer wood mice than were attracted by bait-only traps. Encounters arranged in situ between the attractor and the attracted mice showed predominantly amicable or neutral behaviours and very few instances of agonistic behaviour. We hypothesize that the demographic dominance of wood mice and the abundance of resources during a large part of the year resulted in a non-competitive cohabitation, which may be beneficial to short-tailed mice using wood mice cues as "public information" indicating resource abundance. Keywords: habitat overlap, habitat preference, heterospecific attraction, interspecific interactions, murinae.Résumé : La connaissance d'un habitat donné comblant les besoins en abri, nourriture et reproduction est indispensable pour tout individu. Les questions de comment détecter un habitat optimal et comment le partager avec une espèce compétitrice restent problématiques pour les rongeurs. La préférence et la sélection d'habitats de 2 murinés du sud de la France, la souris à queue courte Mus spretus et le mulot sylvestre Apodemus sylvaticus, montrent un large chevauchement d'habitats et des préférences assez similaires. Bien que les deux espèces occupent presque tous les habitats et soient plus abondantes dans une zone anthropisée transitoire, A. sylvaticus se retrouve préférentiellement dans les taillis de chêne vert et M. spretus dans les garrigues basses à chêne kermès ou à genêt scorpion. Une telle situation conduit à de nombreux cas de syntopie entre les 2 espèces où A. sylvaticus est presque toujours plus abondant que M. spretus. Des mulots allochtones utilisés expérimentalement comme élément attracteur dans un habitat défavorable ont attiré de façon inattendue de nombreuses souris à queue courte, mais moins de mulots que les pièges avec appât seuls. Des rencontres dyadiques réalisées in situ entre les mulots attracteurs et les souris attirées ont montré un comportement amical ou neutre avec très peu de comportements agonistiques. Nous concluons que la suprématie démographique...

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“…Hormis quelques légères différences pour certaines variables (longueur tête plus corps notamment) qu'il faudra confirmer sur des échantillons en provenance d'autres régions, les deux espèces de souris de Kabylie du Djurdjura peuvent être distinguées sur la base des critères reconnus en Europe : rapport de la longueur de la queue et de la longueur tête plus corps en association avec le diamètre de la queue pour la biométrie corporelle et le coefficient zygomatique pour la biométrie crânienne. La fiabilité des identifications permet d'envisager des études sur l'écologie et la biologie des populations des deux espèces, qui semblent particulièrement inféodées aux activités anthropiques en Afrique du Nord (Aulagnier & Thévenot, 1986;Khidas, 1993;Khidas et al, 1999). L'identification des proies des rapaces s'en trouve également facilitée, les différents caractères morphologiques proposés (synthèse dans Macholân, 1996b et Orsini et al, 2001) n'étant pas toujours accessibles.…”

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