INTERACTIONS OF SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITIES OF WINDBREAKS AND ADJACENT FIELDS WITH RESPECT TO EPIDEMIOLOGIC ASPECTS

Interactions of small mammal communities of poplar windbreaks and adja cent fields were studied in Eastern Slovakian Lowlands. There were cau ght 10 species of 1931 small mammal individuals in both biotope types. Small mammal communities were not very similar. There were found out higher average relative densities and higher densities of species dive rsity, equitability and higher number of species with constant occuran ce in windbreaks than in fields. Dispersal of small mammal communities in windbreaks was analysed in relation to distance from windbreaks. E ctoparasite communities (ticks, mites and fleas) for dominant rodent s pecies - Apodemus agrarius and Apodemus microps were compared in both biotope types. Also changes of infestation in relation to distance fro m windbreaks were analysed.