Abstract
Babinska-Werka J., 1981: Food of the striped field mouse in different types of urban green areas. Acta theriol., 26, 17: 285-299 [With 2 Tables & 4 Figs.] Studies were made of the food consumed by the striped field mouse Apodemus agrarius (Pallas, 1771) living in two urban green areas in Warsaw: the Orthodox Cemetery and Łazienki Park, and also in a suburban area at Bialoleka. Plant food predominated over animal food in the diet of A. agrarius. Mice living under urban conditions have a more homogeneous diet than those from suburban areas. This was manifested in the greater proportion of tree seeds in the diet of urban mice and less frequent consumption of the seeds of herb layer plants, the predominance of grasses in the green plants' food component and predominance of insects, particularly of their larval forms in the animal food component. The diet of urban mice was more caloric, which may account for the greater weight of rodents in the city in comparison with mice living on suburban areas. [Dept. of Wildlife Management, Warsaw Agricultural University, Rakowiecka 26/30, 02-528 Warszawa, Poland].
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