Mammal survey Pol'ana - De Zoogdiervereniging

1 INTRODUCTION by: Jan Buys and Jeroen Willemsen
From July 27th until August 4th 2005, the Veldwerkgroep (VWG) of the Dutch Mammal Society
(Zoogdiervereniging) paid a visit to the Pol’ana Biosphere reserve in Slovakia. This workshop was aimed at
surveying mammal species and to enlarge the knowledge of presence and abundance of mammals in the
area. Foreign workshops always take place in co-operation with a local organisation in order to fulfil the
aims not only within the VWG itself, but also in regard to the people working and living in the area visited.
Thus, the information gathered is more likely to find its way into the protection and management of the area
in general and of mammals in particular. The 2005 workshop was organised in co-operation with the Slovak
Academy of Sciences - Institute of Forest Ecology. Our ever enthusiastic, skilled and smart host was Peter
Kaňuch. From our home stead in Látky, in the luxurious local Touristic lodging house, surveys on the
presence of mice, bats and other mammals were carried out.
In chapter 2 a short impression on the landscape of Slovakia in general and of the Pol’ana area in particular
is presented. In the following chapters the results of the survey on bats (chapter 3), non-flying mammals
(chapter 4) and other animal groups (chapter 5) can be found.
Czech
republic
LÁTKY
LÁTKY
Bratislava
Bratislava
The surroundings of Látky.
Poland
S L O V A K I A
Hungary
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