Abstract
The aim of this project is a theriological survey and monitoring of the most characteristic grasslands of the pannon eco-region and comparing them by examining of their small mammals’ communities. One of our highlighted goals is the investigation of the still unknown ecological attributions of the endangered southern birch mouse (Sicista subtilis trizona) for the scientific bottoming of The Southern bitch mouse Action Plan. We would like to initiate the DNA bar-coding system for the mammalian biology in Hungary. Development of this method for terrestrial small mammalian fauna of Hungary would be accomplished by our consortium. One of the greatest opportunities of the method is the genetic analysis of the bones from owl-pellets. At the same time the assumption could be confirmed that Sicista subtilis trizona taxon divorces on higher level from the other subtilis subspecies and it represents a distinct species.
Hungary