Theme 2 by Bruno Schmidt https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5 en-us 2019-01-31 13:44:21 UTC 2024-06-29 11:49:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Theme 2 bruno_schmidt https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5/wish/326257156 The wolves were brought in because the increased elk population was overgrazing the deciduous, woody species such as aspen and cottonwood.]]> 2019-01-31 13:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5/wish/326257156 Croatian National History museum bruno_schmidt https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5/wish/329240883 2019-02-08 15:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5/wish/329240883 The nose-horned viper / Yellow-necked field mouse bruno_schmidt https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5/wish/329242498 The nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758)) prays upon small mice such as the Yellow-necked field mouse (Apodemus flavicollis ((Melchior, 1834)). Within the last few years there have been several local reports of certain virus outbrakes. The certain virus is trasmited via rodent species. With the decline in snake number, the mice number increased to which we can adress the increase of virus infection.  Thus snake populations can regulate the number of rodents and decrease the potential threat of virus spread with mice.

]]> 2019-02-08 15:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5/wish/329242498 Lynx / European roe dee bruno_schmidt https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5/wish/329250621 The (Lynx lynx (Linnaeus, 1758) ) mostly preys on the European roe dee (Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus, 1758).

Source: Krofel, Miha & Huber, Djuro & Kos, I. (2011). Diet of Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx in the northern Dinaric Mountains (Slovenia and Croatia). Acta Theriologica. 56. 10.1007/s13364-011-0032-2. 




]]> 2019-02-08 15:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5/wish/329250621 bruno_schmidt https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5/wish/329254059 Cuculus canorus (Linnaeus, 1758.) is a forest bird speices that lives in Croatia.  It is know for a „parasitic“ type of egg laying.  Rather than making its own nests and laying its eggs there, the bird lays them in other birds nest. The eggs are similar to eggs of the owner of the nest, which can't tell them apart. The C. canorus eggs hatches first and the host bird starts feeding them. Aditionaly when the host bird is hunting for food, the C. canorus pushes out the host's original eggs so it will be the only one in the nest. ]]> 2019-02-08 15:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5/wish/329254059 bruno_schmidt https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5/wish/329254455 Ephialtes manifestator (Linnaeus, 1758) is a wasp species that lives in Croatia. They lay their eggs in tree bark where beetle larva lives. They use their specilasied sting (like a drill) to insert the egg with the beetle. The newly hatches wasp larva then eats the beetle larva to survive. The wasp can also lay eggs in catepillars, where the wasp larva eats the catepilars from the inside. 
 
 Apart from their bad reputation, the wasp have also a positive impact. They  eat beetle species which eat agricultural products, thus regulating their number and preventing agricultural damage.

]]> 2019-02-08 15:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5/wish/329254455 bruno_schmidt https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5/wish/329255383 Proteus anguinus (Laurenti, 1768), or the "Olm"  is a endemic and aquatic  species in the Dinaric mountains . It is the only exclusively cave dwelling vertebrate species . It lives in clean underground waters  (rivers and lakes) from 5 – 10 C. It usually lives in smaller groups and lives for more than 60 years, making it the amphibian with the longest lifespan. It can be found in groops under stones or in fissures. It feeds od other cave dwelling species, such as insect larva, molluscs and crustaceans, making it a top comsumer of the unterground (and water) habitat . The olm can also last without food for 96 months. The natural enemys are rare and they are mostly fish which enter the cave water systems. 

(Source: Red book of amphibians and reptiles of Croatia 2015)]]> 2019-02-08 15:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5/wish/329255383 bruno_schmidt https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5/wish/329256092 The European hare (Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778), lives in Croatia.  It lives in open fields but mostly it likes to hide behind busches or other vegetation.  They feed on grass and herbs  and other vegetation. Primarily they are nocturnal but can sometimes be seen during the daytime in spring. During daytime the hare mostyl hides. The hare nests in small holes on the surface of the groun, rather than digging burrows. The hare is the natural prey of bird, canid and feline species. 

]]> 2019-02-08 15:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5/wish/329256092 Natrix natrix vs Natrix tessellata bruno_schmidt https://padlet.com/bruno_schmidt/wd2mcw4ysmq5/wish/329257026 Both species share the same type of habitat and are closely related to each other. Their diets mostly consists of fish and amphibians. The two speices which live syntopically in great numbers at Baćinska jezera have seperated their food preferences. The dice snake eats exclusevly fish while the grass snake eats amphibians and some fish species (but not all). 
They used different types of habitat becaus  of ther food preferences also. The Dice snake preffered sllow running system with bentic fish, while the grass snak preffered slower systems such as ponds. 

Source: (Ecological Partitioning between Dice Snakes
(Natrix tessellata) and Grass Snakes (Natrix natrix) in Southern Croatia)

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