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Populations of strictly protected species of small mammals in the Republic of Croatia - Preliminary analysis

The state of the populations of strictly protected species of small mammals in Croatia is generally insufficiently researched, therefore an expert assessment of the significance of the impact of planned projects and/or strategic documents on them is not possible. As part of the Operational Program Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014-2020, the Republic of Croatia is implementing a monitoring program for four species of small mammals: Dinaromys bogdanovi, Dryomys nitedula, Muscardinus avellanarius and Cricetus cricetus. By processing the existing available and collecting additional data, a ‘zero state’ of populations in Croatia will be established, which will greatly help in defining the impact of planned interventions and strategic documents on the ecology of target species. The analysis will also suggest ways of collecting data for better determination of distribution, population size, habitat quality, as well as the pressures needed to assess the conservation status of the species. Urgent conservation measures to be implemented on the basis of recorded direct threats during field research will be proposed. Also, the research will define methods for determining the presence and monitoring of populations for the next reporting periods through proposals for monitoring programs that include monitoring methodology in the form of detailed instructions for field work, a sampling plan and forms for each type of methodology and description of organization, storage and data processing.

gap analysis, small mammals, Croatia, monitoring, assessment

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