AND RADIOTRACKING STUDY POLISH JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

ABSTRACT: Population dynamics, space use and interspecific interactions of the for-est dormouse Dryomys nitedula were studied for four years in an oak-hornbeam forest in the Białowieża Primeval Forest (NE Poland). Animals were captured with live-traps and marked by ear-tattooing. Population density ranged from 1.4 to 18.6 individuals × 10 ha–1. Dormice reproduced in all years of study (2001–2004). Offspring were born in June and first juveniles were caught at the beginning of August. The last dormice were cap-tured at the end of September. Three forest dor-mice (1 male and 2 females) were radio-tracked during first half of June 2001. Male home range area was larger (4.2 ha) than home range areas o