Laboratory of Mammalian Ecology - Publikacijos

Prakas, P., Gudiškis, N., Kitrytė, N., Bagdonaitė, D.L., Baltrūnaitė, L. 2024. Detection of three Sarcocystis species (Apicomplexa) in blood samples of the bank vole and yellow-necked mouse from Lithuania. Life, 14 (3): art. no. 365. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14030365

Balčiauskas, L., Kučas, A., Balčiauskienė, L. 2024. Roadkill patterns on workdays, weekends and long weekends: anticipating the implications of a four-day work week. Diversity, 16 (2): art. no. 84. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16020084

Prakas, P., Butkauskas, D., Balčiauskienė, L., Balčiauskas, L. 2024. Low genetic variability of the tundra vole in Lithuania. Animals, 14 (2): art. no. 270. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14020270

Torre, I., Balčiauskas, L. 2024. The abundance and dynamics of small mammals and their predators: an editorial. Life, 14 (1): art. no. 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14010041

Kitrytė, N., Baltrūnaitė, L. 2023. Ectoparasitic mites, ticks (Acari: Trombidiformes, Mesostigmata, Ixodida) and insects (Insecta: Psocodea, Siphonaptera) of ground-dwelling small mammals in the Baltic States. An annotated checklist. Zootaxa, 5353 (1): 1–46. https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5353.1.1

Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L. 2023. Long-term stability of harvest mouse population. Diversity, 15 (10): art. no. 1102. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15101102

Balčiauskas, L., Kučas, A., Balčiauskienė, L. 2023. Mammal roadkills in Lithuanian urban areas: a 15-year study. Animals, 13 (20): art. no. 3272. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13203272

Balčiauskas, L., Stratford, J., Kučas, A., Balčiauskienė, L. 2023. Lockdown’s silver lining? Different levels of roadkill during the COVID-19 times in Lithuania. Animals, 13 (18): art. no. 2918. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13182918

Ciucani, M.M., Ramos-Madrigal, J., Hernandez-Alonso, G., Carmagnini, A., Aninta, S.G., Sun, X., Scharff-Olsen, C.H., Lanigan, L.T., Fracasso, I., Clausen, C.G., Aspi, J., Kojola, I., Baltrūnaitė, L., Balčiauskas, L., Moore, J., Akesson, M., Saarma, U., Hindrikson, M., Hulva, P., Bolfikova, B.C., Nowak, C., Godinho, R., Smith, S., Paule, L., Nowak, S., Myslajek, R.W., Lo Brutto, S., Ciucci, P., Boitani, L., Vernesi, C., Stenoien, H.K ., Smith, O., Frantz, L., Rossi, L., Angelici, F.M., Cilli, E., Sinding, M.H.S., Gilbert, M.T.P., Gopalakrishnan, S. 2023. The extinct Sicilian wolf shows a complex history of isolation and admixture with ancient dogs. iScience, 26: art. no. 107307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107307

Balčiauskas, L., Benedek, A.M. 2023. Advances in diversity and conservation of terrestrial small mammals. Diversity, 15 (8): art. no. 884. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15080884

Jasiulionis, M., Stirkė, V., Balčiauskas, L. 2023. The distribution and activity of the invasive raccoon dog in Lithuania as found with country-wide camera trapping. Forests, 14 (7): art. no. 1328. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071328

Prakas, P., Stirkė, V., Šneideris, D., Rakauskaitė, P., Butkauskas, D., Balčiauskas, L. 2023. Protozoan parasites of Sarcocystis spp. in rodents from commercial orchards. Animals, 13 (13): art. no. 2087. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132087

Balčiauskas, L., Kučas, A., Balčiauskienė, L. 2023. The impact of roadkill on cervid populations in Lithuania. Forests, 14 (6): art. no. 1224. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14061224

Combe, FJ., Juškaitis, R., Trout, R.C., Bird, S., Ellis, J.S., Norrey, J., Al-Fulaij, N., White, I., Harris, W.E. 2023. Density and climate effects on age-specific survival and population growth: consequences for hibernating mammals. Animal Conservation, 26 (3): 317–330. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12843

Juškaitis, R. 2023. A record of a melanistic forest dormouse Dryomys nitedula in Lithuania, with a review of colour anomalies in dormice (Gliridae). Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 72: art. no. 23030. https://doi.org/10.25225/jvb.23030

Kučas, A., Balčiauskas, L., Lavalle, C. 2023. Identification of urban and wildlife terrestrial corridor intersections for planning of wildlife-vehicle collision mitigation measures. Land, 12 (4): art. no. 758. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12040758

Balčiauskas, L., Stirkė, V., Garbaras, A., Balčiauskienė, L. 2023. Shrews under-represented in fruit farms and homesteads. Animals, 13 (6): art. no. 1028. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13061028

Balčiauskas, L., Stirkė, V., Balčiauskienė, L. 2023. Abundance and population structure of small rodents in fruit and berry farms. Life, 13 (2): art. no. 375. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13020375

Balčiauskas, L., Garbaras, A., Stirkė, V., Skipitytė, R., Balčiauskienė, L. 2023. Isotopic space of the house mouse in the gradient of anthropogenic habitats. Diversity, 15 (2): art. no. 173. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020173

Jasiulionis, M., Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L. 2023. Size matters: Diversity and abundance of small mammal community varies with the size of Great Cormorant colony. Diversity, 15 (2): art. no. 220. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020220

Vriend, S.J.G., Grotan, V., Gamelon, M., Adriaensen, F., Ahola, M.P., Alvarez, E., Bailey, LD., Barba, E., Bouvier, J.C., Burgess, M.D., Bushuev, A., Camacho, C., Canal, D., Charmantier, A., Cole, E.F., Cusimano, C., Doligez, B.F., Drobniak, S.M., Dubiec, A., Eens, M., Eeva, T., Erikstad, K.E., Ferns, P.N., Goodenough, A.E., Hartley, I.R., Hinsley, S.A., Ivankina, E., Juškaitis, R., Kempenaers, B., Kerimov, A.B., Kalas, J.A., Lavigne, C., Leivits, A., Mainwaring, M.C., Martinez-Padilla, J., Matthysen, E., van Oers, K., Orell, M., Pinxten, R., Reiertsen, T.K., Rytkonen, S., Senar, J.C., Sheldon, B.C., Sorace, A., Torok, J., Vatka, E., Visser, ME., Saether, B.E. 2023. Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole-nesting passerines. Ecology, 104 (2): art. no. e3908. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3908

Juškaitis, R. 2023. Dormice (Gliridae) in the diets of predators in Europe: A review broadening understanding of dormouse ecology. Diversity, 15 (1): art. no. 52. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010052

Kitrytė, N., Križanauskienė, A., Baltrūnaitė, L. 2022. Ecological indices and factors influencing communities of ectoparasitic laelapid mites (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) of small mammals in Lithuania. Journal of Vector Ecology, 47 (1): 99–108. https://doi.org/10.52707/1081-1710-47.1.99

Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L. 2022. Small mammal diversity changes in a Baltic country, 1975-2021: A review. Life, 12 (11): art. no. 1887. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12111887

Balčiauskas, L., Kawata, Y. 2022. Red deer in Lithuania: History, status and management. Sustainability, 14 (21): art. no. 1409. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142114091

Prakas, P., Butkauskas, D., Vaišvilienė, J., Balčiauskienė, L., Balčiauskas, L. 2022. The Spatial pattern of the two genetic lineages of the field vole in Lithuania. Diversity, 14 (10): art. no. 820. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14100820

Jeske, K., Schulz, J., Tekemen, D., Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L., Hiltbrunner, M., Drewes, S., Mayer-Scholl, A., Heckel, G., Ulrich, R.G. 2022. Cocirculation of Leptospira spp. and multiple orthohantaviruses in rodents, Lithuania, Northern Europe. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 69 (5): E3196–E3201. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14470

Balčiauskas, L., Stirkė, V., Garbaras, A., Skipitytė, R., Balčiauskienė, L. 2022. Stable isotope analysis supports omnivory in bank voles in apple orchards. Agriculture, 12 (9): art. no. 1308. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12091308

Stirkė, V., Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L. (2022) Spatiotemporal variation of small mammal communities in commercial orchards across the small country. Agriculture, 12 (5): art. no. 632. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12050632

Balčiauskas, L., Stratford, J., Kučas, A., Balčiauskienė, L. (2022) Factors affecting roadkills of semi-aquatic mammals. Biology-Basel, 11 (5): art. no. 748. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11050748

Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Jasiulionis, M., Balčiauskas, L., Prakas, P., Stirkė, V., Butkauskas, D. (2022) Morphological and molecular description of Sarcocystis myodes n. sp. from the Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) in Lithuania. Biology, 11 (4): art. no. 512. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11040512

Balčiauskas L. (2022) Mammal status: Diversity, abundance and dynamics: an editorial. Sustainability, 14 (8): art. no. 4823. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14084823

Balčiauskas, L., Ežerinskis, Ž., Stirkė, V., Balčiauskienė, L., Garbaras, A., Remeikis, V. (2022) The elemental composition of small mammals in a commercial orchard-meadow system. Chemosphere, 296: art. no. 134048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134048

Bailey, L.D., van de Pol, M., Adriaensen, F., Arct, A., Barba, E., Bellamy, P.E., Bonamour, S., Bouvier, J.C., Burgess, M.D., Charmantier, A., Cusimano, C., Doligez, B., Drobniak, S.M., Dubiec, A., Eens, M., Eeva, T., Ferns, P.N., Goodenough, A.E., Hartley, I.R., Hinsley, S.A., Ivankina, E., Juškaitis, R., Kempenaers, B., Kerimov, A.B., Lavigne, C., Leivits, A., Mainwaring, M.C., Matthysen, E., Nilsson, J.A., Orell, M., Rytkonen, S., Senar, J.C., Sheldon, B., Sorace, A., Stenning, M.J., Torok, J., van Oers, K., Vatka, E., Vriend, S.J.G., Visser, M.E. (2022) Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation. Nature Communications, 13 (1): art. no. 2112. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29635-4

Balčiauskas, L., Stirkė, V., Balčiauskienė, L. (2022) Rodent fertility in commercial orchards in relation to body mass and body condition. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 329: art. no. 107886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.107886

Leyhausen, J., Cocchiararo, B., Nowak, C., Ansorge, H., Bertolino, S., Buchner, S., Fietz, J., Foppen, R., Juškaitis, R., La Haye, M., Lang, J., Michaux, J., Verbeylen, G., von Thaden, A., Mueller, S.A. (2022) Genotyping-by-sequencing based SNP discovery in a non-model rodent, the endangered hazel dormouse. Conservation Genetics Resources, 14 (2): 195–201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-022-01253-8

Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L., Litvaitis, J.A., Tijušas, E. (2021) Adaptive monitoring: using citizen scientists to track wolf populations when winter-track counts become unreliable. Wildlife Research, 48 (1): 76–85. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR19180

Prakas, P., Balčiauskas, L., Juozaitytė-Ngugu, E ., Butkauskas, D. (2021) The role of mustelids in the transmission of Sarcocystis spp. using cattle as intermediate hosts. Animals, 11 (3): art. no. 822. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11030822

Stirkė, V., Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L. (2021) Common vole as a focal small mammal species in orchards of the Northern Zone. Diversity-Basel, 13 (3): art. no. 134. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13030134

Silaeva, T., Andreychev, A., Kiyaykina, O., Balčiauskas, L (2021) Taxonomic and ecological composition of forest stands inhabited by forest dormouse Dryomys nitedula (Rodentia: Gliridae) in the Middle Volga. Biologia, 76 (5): 1475–1482. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-020-00651-3

Kučas, A., Balčiauskas, L. (2021) Impact of road fencing on ungulate-vehicle collisions and hotspot patterns. Land, 10 (4): art. no. 338. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10040338

Juškaitis R. (2021) Is nesting in closed nestboxes advantageous for the European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)? Avian Research, 12 (1): art. no. 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-021-00263-8

Kučas, A., Balčiauskas, L. (2021) Roadkill-data-based identification and ranking of mammal habitats. Land, 10 (5): art. no. 477. a href=”https://doi.org/10.3390/land10050477″>https://doi.org/10.3390/land10050477

Mardosaitė-Busaitienė, D., Radzijevskaja, J., Balčiauskas, L., Paulauskas, A. (2021) Babesia microti in Rodents from different habitats of Lithuania. Animals, 11 (6): art. no. 1707. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061707

Balčiauskas, L., Skipitytė, R., Garbaras, A., Stirkė, V., Balčiauskienė, L., Remeikis, V. (2021) Stable isotopes reveal the dominant species to have the widest trophic niche of three syntopic Microtus voles. Animals, 11 (6): art. no. 1814. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061814

Balčiauskas, L., Skipitytė, R., Garbaras, A., Stirkė, V., Balčiauskienė, L., Remeikis, V. (2021) Isotopic niche of syntopic granivores in commercial orchards and meadows. Animals, 11 (8): art. no. 2375. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11082375

Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L., Garbaras, A., Stirkė, V. (2021) Diversity and diet differences of small mammals in commensal habitats. Diversity, 13 (8): art. no. 346. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13080346

Jasiulionis, M., Balčiauskas, L. (2021) Seasonal and daily activity patterns of mammals in the colony of great cormorants. Mammalia, 85 (5): 439–447. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2020-0042

Balčiauskas, L., Stratford, J., Balčiauskienė, L., Kučas, A. (2021) Roadkills as a method to monitor Raccoon dog populations. Animals, 11 (11): art. no. 3147. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113147

Drewes, S., Jeske, K., Strakova, P., Balčiauskas, L., Ryll, R., Balčiauskienė, L., Kohlhause, D., Schnidrig, G.A., Hiltbrunner, M., Spakova, A., Insodaitė, R., Burneikienė, R.P., Heckel, G., Ulrich, R.G. (2021) Identification of a novel hantavirus strain in the root vole (Microtus oeconomus) in Lithuania, Eastern Europe. Infection Genetics and Evolution, 90: art. no. 104520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104520

Baltrūnaitė, L., Kitrytė, N., Križanauskienė, A. (2020) Blood parasites (Babesia, Hepatozoon and Trypanosoma) of rodents, Lithuania: part I. Molecular and traditional microscopy approach. Parasitology Research, 119 (2): 687–694. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06577-3

Balčiauskas, L., Amshokova, A., Balčiauskienė, L., Benedek, A.M., Cichocki, J., Csanady, A., De Mendonca, P.G., Nistreanu, V. (2020) Geographical clines in the size of the herb field mouse (Apodemus uralensis). Integrative Zoology, 15 (1): 55–68. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12407

Juškaitis, R., Keturka, K., Balčiauskas, L. (2020) Spatial dynamics of a hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) population at different densities. Mammal Research, 65 (1): 49–58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-019-00452-3

Calkoen, S.T.S.V., Muhlbauer, L., Andren, H., Apollonio, M., Balčiauskas, L., Belotti, E., Carranza, J., Cottam, J., Filli, F., Gatiso, T.T., Hetherington, D., Karamanlidis, A.A., Krofel, M., Kuehl, H.S., Linnell, J.D.C., Muller, J., Ozolins, J., Premier, J., Ranc, N., Schmidt, K., Zlatanova, D., Bachmann, M., Fonseca, C., Lonescu, O., Nyman, M., Sprem, N., Sunde, P., Tannik, M., Heurich, M. (2020) Ungulate management in European national parks: Why a more integrated European policy is needed. Journal of Environmental Management, 260: art. no. 110068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110068

Balčiauskas, L., Ambarli, H., Balčiauskienė, L., Bagrade, G., Kazlauskas, M., Ozolins, J., Zlatanova, D., Zunna, A. (2020) Love off, fear on? Brown bear acceptance by teenagers in European countries with differing population statuses. Sustainability, 12 (6): art. no. 2397. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062397

Kaminskienė, E., Radzijevskaja, J., Stanko, M., Balčiauskas, L., Paulauskas, A. (2020) Associations between different Laelapidae (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssoidea) mites and small rodents from Lithuania. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 81 (1): 149–162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-020-00493-3

Juškaitis, R. (2020) Hazel dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius) in a regenerating clearing: the effects of clear-felling and regrowth thinning on long-term abundance dynamics. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 66 (4): art. no. 48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-020-01392-z

Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė L. (2020) On the doorstep, rodents in homesteads and kitchen gardens. Animals, 10 (5): art. no. 856. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10050856

Balčiauskas, L., Wierzchowski, J., Kučas, A., Balčiauskienė, L. (2020) Habitat suitability based models for ungulate roadkill prognosis. Animals, 10 (8): art. no. 1345. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10081345

Kučas, A., Balčiauskas, L (2020) Temporal patterns of ungulate-vehicle collisions in Lithuania. Journal of Environmental Management, 273: art. no. 111172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111172

Butkus, R., Baltrūnaitė, L., Arbačiauskas, K., Audzijonytė, A. (2020) Two lineages of the invasive New Zealand mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum spreading in the Baltic and Black sea basins: low genetic diversity and different salinity preferences. Biological Invasions, 22 (12): 3551–3559. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02340-3

Balčiauskas, L., Kawata, Y., Balčiauskienė, L. (2020) Moose management strategies under changing legal and institutional frameworks. Sustainability, 12 (20): art. no. 8482. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12208482

Moller, A.P., Balbontin, J., Dhondt, A.A., Adriaensen, F., Artemyev, A., Banbura, J., Barba, E., Biard, C., Blondel, J., Bouvier, J.C., Camprodon, J., Cecere, F., Charter, M., Cichon, M., Cusimano, C., Dubiec, A., Eens, M., Eeva, T., Ferns, P.N., Forsman, J.T., Goldshtein, A., Goodenough, A.E., Gosler, A.G., Gustafsson, L., Harnist, I., Hartley, I.R., Heeb, P., Hinsley, S.A., Jacob, S., Jarvinen, A ., Juškaitis, R., Korpimaki, E., Krams, I., Laaksonen, T., Leclercq, B., Lehikoinen, E., Loukola, O., Mainwaring, M.C., Mand, R., Massa, B., Matthysen, E., Mazgajski, T.D., Merino, S., Mitrus, C., Monkkonen, M., Nager, R.G., Nilsson, J.A., Nilsson, S.G., Norte, A.C., von Numers, M., Orell, M., Pimentel, C.S., Pinxten, R., Priedniece, I., Remes, V., Richner, H., Robles, H., Rytkonen, S., Senar, J.C., Seppanen, J.T., da Silva, L.P., Slagsvold, T., Solonen, T., Sorace, A., Stenning, M.J., Torok, J., Tryjanowski, P., van Noordwijk, A.J., Walankiewicz, W., Lambrechts, M.M. (2020) Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction. Oikos, 129 (12): 1807–1819. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.07305

Balčiauskas, L., Stratford, J., Balčiauskienė, L., Kučas, A. (2020) Importance of professional roadkill data in assessing diversity of mammal roadkills. Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment, 87: art. no. 102493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2020.102493

Juškaitis, R. (2020) Different preferences for new versus old nestboxes by birds, rodents and social insects. Biologia, 75 (12): 2327–2330. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-020-00493-z

Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L., Litvaitis, J.A., Tijušas, E. (2020) Citizen scientists showed a four-fold increase of Lynx numbers in Lithuania. Sustainability, 12 (22): art. no. 9777. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229777

Stirkė, V. (2019). Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) drey ecology in city parks. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 65(1). https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.65.1.75.2019

Knowles, S.C.L., Eccles, R.M., Baltrūnaitė, L. (2019) Species identity dominates over environment in shaping the microbiota of small mammals. Ecology Letters. 22 (5): 826-837. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13240

Balčiauskas, L., Skipitytė, R., Balčiauskienė, L., Jasiulionis, M. (2019) Resource partitioning confirmed by isotopic signatures allows small mammals to share seasonally flooded meadows. Ecology and Evolution. 9 (9): 5479-5489. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5144

Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L., Stirkė, V. (2019) Mow the grass at the mouse’s peril: diversity of small Mammals in commercial fruit farms. Animals. 9 (6): art. no. 334. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9060334

Mardosaitė-Busaitienė, D., Radzijevskaja, J., Balčiauskas, L., Bratchikov, M., Jurgelevičius, V., Paulauskas, A. (2019) Prevalence and diversity of Bartonella species in small rodents from coastal and continental areas. Scientific Reports. 9: art. no. 12349. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48715-y

Wierzchowski, J., Kučas, A., Balčiauskas, L. (2019) Application of least-cost movement modeling in planning wildlife mitigation measures along transport corridors: Case study of forests and moose in Lithuania. Forests. 10 (10): art. no. 831. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10100831

Bragina, E.V., Ives, A.R., Pidgeon, A.M., Balčiauskas, L., Csanyi, S., Khoyetskyy, P., Kysucka, K., Lieskovsky, J., Ozolins, J., Randveer, T., Stych, P., Volokh, A., Zhelev, C., Ziolkowska, E., Radeloff, V.C. (2018) Wildlife population changes across Eastern Europe after the collapse of socialism. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 16 (2): 77-81. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1770

Balčiauskienė, L., Balčiauskas, L., Timm, U. (2018) Changes in size of Baltic field voles over the last 50 years: are they really shrinking? Biologia. 73 (3): 247-257. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-018-0029-2

Balčiauskas, L., Skipitytė, R., Jasiulionis, M., Balčiauskienė, L., Remeikis, V. (2018) Immediate increase in isotopic enrichment in small mammals following the expansion of a great cormorant colony. Biogeosciences. 15 (2): 3883-3891. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3883-2018

Radzijevskaja, J., Kaminskienė, E., Lipatova, I., Mardosaitė-Busaitienė, D., Balčiauskas, L., Stanko, M., Paulauskas, A. (2018) Prevalence and diversity of Rickettsia species in ectoparasites collected from small rodents in Lithuania. Parasites & Vectors. 11: art. no. 375. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2947-9

Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L., Juškaitis, R. (2018) Body size and craniometry of the herb field mouse from Lithuania in the context of species range. Biologia. 73 (4): 351-359. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-018-0043-4

Simanavičius, M., Juškaitė, K., Verbickaitė, A., Jasiulionis, M., Tamošiūnas, P.L., Petraitytė-Burneikienė, R., Žvirblienė, A., Ulrich, R.G., Kučinskaitė-Kodzė, I. (2018) Detection of rat hepatitis E virus, but not human pathogenic hepatitis E virus genotype 1-4 infections in wild rats from Lithuania. Veterinary Microbiology. 221: 129-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.06.014

Moller, A.P., Balbontin, J., Dhondt, A.A., Remes, V., Adriaensen, F., Biard, C., Camprodon, J., Cichon, M., Doligez, B., Dubiec, A., Eens, M., Eeva, T., Goodenough, A.E., Gosler, A.G., Gustafsson, L., Heeb, P., Hinsley, S.A., Jacob, S., Juškaitis, R., Laaksonen, T., Leclercq, B., Massa, B., Mazgajski, T.D., Nager, R.G., Nilsson, J.A., Nilsson, S.G., Norte, A.C., Pinxten, R ., Robles, H., Solonen, T., Sorace, A., van Noordwijk, A.J., Lambrechts, M.M. (2018) Effects of interspecific coexistence on laying date and clutch size in two closely related species of hole-nesting birds. Journal of Animal Ecology. 87 (6): 1738-1748. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12896

Lin, X.X.B., Wang, T., Stothard, P., Corander, J., Wang, J., Baines, J.F., Knowles, S.C.L., Baltrūnaitė, L., Tasseva, G., Schmaltz, R., Tollenaar, S., Cody, L.A., Grenier, T., Wu, W., Ramer-Tait, A.E., Walter, J. (2018) The evolution of ecological facilitation within mixed-species biofilms in the mouse gastrointestinal tract. ISME Journal. 12 (11): 2770-2784. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0211-0

Jasiulionis, M., Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L., Taraškevičius, R. (2018) Accumulation of chemical elements in yellow-necked mice under a colony of great cormorants. Chemosphere. 213: 156-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.09.025

Juškaitis, R. (2018) Dormouse (Gliridae) status in Lithuania and surrounding countries: a review. Folia Zoologica. 67 (2): 64-68. https://doi.org/10.25225/fozo.v67.i1.a6.2018

Gavelienė, V., Pakalniškytė, L., Novickienė, L., Balčiauskas, L. (2018) Effect of biostimulants on cold resistance and productivity formation in winter rapeseed and winter wheat. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research. 57 (1): 71-83. https://doi.org/10.1515/IJAFR-2018-0008

Strakova, P., Jagdmann, S., Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L., Drewes, S., Ulrich, R.G. (2017) Puumala Virus in Bank Voles, Lithuania. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 23 (1): 158-160. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.161400

Balčiauskas, L., Kazlauskas, M., Balčiauskienė, L. (2017) European bison: changes in species acceptance following plans for translocation. European Journal of Wildlife Research. 63 (1): art. no. 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-016-1066-1

Juškaitis, R., Keturka, K. (2017) Socio-spatial organization in a local population of the forest dormouse Dryomys nitedula, with a review of these relations in other dormouse species. Mammalia. 81 (4): 359-365. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2015-0159

Mouton, A., Mortelliti ,A., Grill A., Sara, M., Kryštufek, B., Juškaitis R., Latinne A., Amori G., Randi E., Büchner S., Schulz B., Ehlers S., Lang J., Adamik P., Verbeylen G., Dorenbosch M., Trout R., Elmeros M., Aloise, G., Mazzoti, S., Matur, F., Poitevin, F. & Michaux, J. R. (2017) Evolutionary history and species delimitations: a case study of the hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius. Conservation Genetics, 18 (1): 181–196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-016-0892-8

Hindrikson, M., Remm, J., Pilot, M., Godinho, R., Stronen, A.V., Baltrūnaitė, L., Czarnomska, S.D., Leonard, J.A., Randi, E., Nowak, C., Akesson, M., Lopez-Bao, J.V., Alvares, F., Llaneza, L., Echegaray, J., Vila, C., Ozolins, J., Rungis, D., Aspi, J., Paule, L ., Skrbinsek, T., Saarma, U. (2017) Wolf population genetics in Europe: a systematic review, meta-analysis and suggestions for conservation and management. Biological Reviews. 92 (3): 1601-1629. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12298

Balčiauskas, L., Varanauskas, R., Bukelskis, E. (2017) Impact of selective hunting on the trophy size of roe deer: Baltic example. North-Western Journal of Zoology 13 (1): 118-127.

Audzijonytė, A., Baltrūnaitė, L., Vainola, R., Arbačiauskas, K. (2017) Human-mediated lineage admixture in an expanding Ponto-Caspian crustacean species Paramysis lacustris created a novel genetic stock that now occupies European waters. Biological Invasions. 19 (8): 2443-2457. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1454-9

Balčiauskas, L., Čepukienė, A., Balčiauskienė, L. (2017) Small mammal community response to early meadow – forest succession. Forest Ecosystems. 4 (1): art. no. 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-017-0099-6

Balčiauskas L., Balčiauskienė L., Timm U. (2016) Mediterranean water shrew (Neomys anomalus): range expansion northward. Turkish Journal of Zoology. 40 (1): 103-111. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1502-49

Niedziałkowska M., Hundertmark K.J., Jędrzejewska B., Sidorovich V., Veeroja R., Solberg E.J., Laaksonen S., Sand H., Solovyev V.A., Sagaydak A., Tiainen J., Juškaitis R., Done G., Borodulin V.A., Tulandin E.A., Niedziałkowski K. (2016) The contemporary genetic pattern of European moose is shaped by postglacial recolonization, bottlenecks, and the geographical barrier of the Baltic Sea. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 117 (4): 879-894. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12713

Drygala F., Korablev N., Ansorge H., Fickel J., Isomursu M., Elmeros M., Kowalczyk R., Baltrūnaitė L., Balčiauskas L., Saarma U., Schulze C., Borkenhagen P., Frantz A.C. (2016) Homogenous population genetic structure of the non-native raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in Europe as a result of rapid population expansion. Plos One. 11 (4): art. no. e0153098. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153098

Balčiauskas L., Skipitytė R., Jasiulionis M., Trakimas G., Balčiauskienė L., Remeikis V. (2016) The impact of Great Cormorants on biogenic pollution of land ecosystems: Stable isotope signatures in small mammals. Science of the Total Environment. 565: 376-383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.185

Balčiauskienė L., Balčiauskas L. (2016) Pelvis of the striped field mouse Apodemus agrarius (Pallas, 1771): sexual dimorphism and relation to body weight. North-Western Journal of Zoology. 12 (1): 50-57.

Vaugoyeau M., Adriaensen F., Artemyev A., Banbura J., Barba E., Biard C., Blondel J., Bouslama Z., Bouvier J.C., Camprodon J., Cecere F., Charmantier A., Charter M., Cichon M., Cusimano C., Czeszczewik D., Demeyrier V., Doligez B., Doutrelant C., Dubiec A., Eens M., Eeva T., Faivre B., Ferns P.N., Forsman J.T., Garcia-del-Rey E., Goldshtein A., Goodenough A.E., Gosler A.G., Gregoire A., Gustafsson L., Harnist I., Hartley I.R., Heeb P., Hinsley S.A., Isenmann P., Jacob S., Juškaitis R., Korpimaki E., Krams I., Laaksonen T., Lambrechts M.M., Leclercq B., Lehikoinen E., Loukola O., Lundberg A., Mainwaring M.C., Mand R., Massa B., Mazgajski T.D., Merino S., Mitrus C., Monkkonen M., Morin X., Nager R.G., Nilsson J.A., Nilsson S.G., Norte A.C., Orell M., Perret P., Perrins, C.M., Pimentel C.S., Pinxten R., Richner H., Robles H., Rytkonen S., Senar J.C., Seppanen J.T., da Silva L.P., Slagsvold T., Solonen T., Sorace A., Stenning M.J., Tryjanowski P., von Numers M., Walankiewicz W., Moller A.P. (2016) Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds. Ecology and Evolution. 6 (16): 5907-5920. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2335

Juškaitis R., Balčiauskas L., Alejūnas P. (2016) Distribution, habitats and abundance of the herb field mouse (Apodemus uralensis) in Lithuania. Biologia. 71 (8): 960-695. https://doi.org/10.1515/biolog-2016-0116

Juškaitis R., Baltrūnaitė L., Kitrytė N. (2016) Feeding in an unpredictable environment: yearly variations in the diet of the hazel dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius. Mammal Research.61 (4): 367-372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-016-0280-2

Juškaitis, R. (2015) Ecology of the forest dormouse Dryomys nitedula (Pallas 1778) on the north-western edge of its distributional range. Mammalia. 79 (1): 33-41. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2013-0165

Juškaitis, R., Baltrūnaitė, L., Augutė, V. (2015) Diet of the fat dormouse (Glis glis) on the northern periphery of its distributional range. Mammal Research. 60 (2): 155-161. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-015-0213-5

Morger, J., Råberg, L., Hille, S.M., Helsen, S., Štefka, J., Al-Sabi, M. M., Kapel, C.M.O., Mappes, T., Essbauer, S., Ulrich, R.G., Bartolommei, P., Mortelliti, A., Balčiauskas, L., Brink, N.W. van den, Rémy, A., Bajer, A., Cheprakov, M., Korva, M., García-Pérez, A. L., Biek, R. (2015) Distinct haplotype structure at the innate immune receptor Toll-like receptor 2 across bank vole populations and lineages in Europe. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 116 (1): 124-133. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12593

Audzijonytė, A., Baltrūnaitė, L., Vainola, R., Arbačiauskas, K. (2015) Migration and isolation during the turbulent Ponto-Caspian Pleistocene create high diversity in the crustacean Paramysis lacustris. Molecular Ecology. 24 (17): 4537-4555. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13333

Balčiauskienė L., Balčiauskas L., Jasiulionis M. (2015) Skull variability of mice and voles inhabiting the territory of a great cormorant colony. Biologia. 70 (10): 1406-1414. https://doi.org/10.1515/biolog-2015-0152

Lipatova I., Paulauskas A., Pūraitė I., Radzijevskaja J., Balčiauskas L., Gedminas V. (2015) Bartonella infection in small mammals and their ectoparasites in Lithuania. Microbes and Infections. 17 (11/12): 884-888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2015.08.013

Balčiauskas L., Balčiauskienė L., Jasiulionis M. (2015) Mammals under a colony of great cormorants: population structure and body condition of yellow-necked mice. Turkish Journal of Zoology. 39 (5): 941-948. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1407-27

Juškaitis R., Augutė V. (2015) The fat dormouse, Glis glis, in Lithuania: living outside the range of the European beech, Fagus sylvatica. Folia Zoologica. 64 (4): 310-315. https://doi.org/10.25225/fozo.v64.i4.a3.2015

Juškaitis R., Balčiauskas L., Baltrūnaitė L., Augutė V. (2015) Dormouse (Gliridae) populations on the northern periphery of their distributional ranges: a review. Folia Zoologica. 64 (4): 302-309. https://doi.org/10.25225/fozo.v64.i4.a2.2015

Buś, M. M., Żmihorski, M., Romanowski, J., Balčiauskienė, L., Cichocki, J., Balčiauskas, L. (2014) High efficiency protocol of DNA extraction from Micromys minutus mandibles from owl pellets : a tool for molecular research of cryptic mammal species. Acta Theriologica. 59 (1): 99-109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-013-0144-y

Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L. (2014) Selective predation on common voles by Tawny Owls and Long-eared Owls in winter and spring. Turkish Journal of Zoology. 38 (2): 242-249. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1303-20

Balčiauskas, L., Kazlauskas, M. (2014) Forty years after reintroduction in a suboptimal landscape : public attitudes towards European bison. European Journal of Wildlife Research. 60 (1): 155-158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-013-0776-x

Juškaitis, R. (2014) Summer mortality in the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) and its effect on population dynamics. Acta Theriologica. 59 (2): 311-316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-013-0156-7

Balčiauskienė, L., Jasiulionis, M., Balčiauskas, L. (2014) Loss of diversity in a small mammal community in a habitat influenced by a colony of great cormorants. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica. 66 (2): 229-234.

Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L., Timm, U. (2014) Bergmann’s rule for Neomys fodiens in the middle of the distribution range. Central European Journal of Biology. 9 (12): 1147-1154. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11535-014-0348-4

Møller, A. P., Adriaensen, F., Artemyev, A., Bańbura, J., Barba, E., Biard, C., Blondel, J., Bouslama, Z., Bouvier, J.-C., Camprodon, J., Cecere, F., Chaine, A., Charmantier, A., Charter, M., Cichoń, M., Cusimano, C., Czeszczewik, D., Doligez, B., Doutrelant, C., Dubiec, A., et al., Juškaitis R., et. al. (2014) Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 5 (4): 353-362. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12160

Møller, A. P., Adriaensen, F., Artemyev, A., Bańbura, J., Barba, E., Biard, C., Blondel, J., Bouslama, Z., Bouvier, J.-C., Camprodon, J., Cecere, F., Chaine, A., Charmantier, A., Charter, M., Cichoń, M., Cusimano, C., Czeszczewik, D., Doligez, B., Doutrelant, C., Dubiec, A., Eens, M., Eeva, T., Faivre, B., Ferns, P. N., Forsman, J. T., García-del-Rey, E., Goldshtein, A., Goodenough, A. E.; Gosler, A. G., Góźdź, I., Grégoire, A., Gustafsson, L., Hartley, I. R., Heeb, P., Hinsley, S. A., Isenmann, P., Jacob, S., Järvinen, A., Juškaitis, R. , et. al. (2014) Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds. Ecology and Evolution. 4 (18): 3583-3595. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1189

Niedziałkowska, M., Hundertmark, K.J.; Jędrzejewska, B., Niedziałkowski, K., Sidorovič, V.E., Górny, M., Veeroja, R., Solberg, E. J.; Laaksonen, S., Sand, H., Solovyev, V.A.; Shkvyria, M., Tiainen, J., Okhlopkov, I.M.; Juškaitis, R., Done, G., Borodulin, V.A.; Tulandin, E.A.; Jędrzejewski, W. (2014) Spatial structure in European moose (Alces alces) : genetic data reveal a complex population history. Journal of Biogeography. 41 (11): 2173-2184. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12362

Chapron, G., Kaczensky, P., Linnell, J.D.C., von Arx, M., Huber, D., Andren, H., Lopez-Bao, J.V., Adamec, M., Alvares, F., Anders, O., Balčiauskas, L., Balys, V., Bedo, P., Bego, F., Blanco, J.C., Breitenmoser, U., Broseth, H., Bufka, L., Bunikytė, R., Ciucci, P., Dutsov, A., Engleder, T., Fuxjager, C., Groff, C., Holmala, K., Hoxha, B., Iliopoulos, Y., Ionescu, O., Jeremic, J., Jerina, K., Kluth, G., Knauer, F., Kojola, I., Kos, I., Krofel, M., Kubala, J., Kunovac, S., Kusak, J., Kutal, M., Liberg, O., Majic, A., Mannil, P., Manz, R., Marboutin, E., Marucco, F., Melovski, D., Mersini, K., Mertzanis, Y., Myslajek, R.W., Nowak, S., Odden, J., Ozolins, J., Palomero, G., Paunovic, M., Persson, J., Potocnik, H., Quenette, P.Y., Rauer, G., Reinhardt, I., Rigg, R., Ryser, A., Salvatori, V., Skrbinsek, T., Stojanov, A., Swenson, J.E., Szemethy, L., Trajce, A., Tsingarska-Sedefcheva, E., Vana, M., Veeroja, R., Wabakken, P., Wofl, M., Wolfl, S., Zimmermann, F., Zlatanova, D., Boitani, L. (2014) Recovery of large carnivores in Europe’s modern human-dominated landscapes. Science. 346 (6216): 1517-1519. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1257553

Ratkiewicz, M., Matosiuk, M., Saveljev, A.P., Sidorovich, V., Ozolins, J., Mannil, P., Balčiauskas, L., Kojola, I., Okarma, H., Kowalczyk, R., Schmidt, K. (2014) Long-range gene flow and the effects of climatic and ecological factors on genetic structuring in a large, solitary carnivore: the Eurasian lynx. Plos ONE. 9 (12): e115160. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115160

Balčiauskas L., Balčiauskienė L. (2014) Selection by size of the yellow-necked mice (Apodemus flavicollis) by breeding Tawny Owl (Strix aluco). North-Western Journal of Zoology. 10 (2): 273-279.

Juškaitis, R., Baltrūnaitė, L. (2013) Feeding on the edge : the diet of the hazel dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius (Linnaeus 1758) on the northern periphery of its distributional range. Mammalia. 77 (2): 149–155. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2012-0086

Baltrūnaitė, L., Balčiauskas, L., Åkesson, M. (2013) The genetic structure of the Lithuanian wolf population. Central European journal of biology. 8 (5): 440–447. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11535-013-0154-9

Juškaitis, R., Baltrūnaitė, L. (2013) Seasonal variability in the diet of the forest dormouse, Dryomys nitedula, on the north-western edge of its distributional range. Folia zoologica. 62 (4): 311–318. https://doi.org/10.25225/fozo.v62.i4.a9.2013

Juškaitis, R., Balčiauskas, L., Šiožinytė, V. (2013) Nest site selection by the hazel dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius : is safety more important than food? Zoological studies [Elektroninis išteklius]. 52 (1): 53 (1-9). https://doi.org/10.1186/1810-522X-52-53

Balčiauskas, L., Kazlauskas, M. (2012) Acceptance of brown bears in Lithuania, a non-bear country. Ursus. 23 (2): 168–178. https://doi.org/10.2192/URSUS-D-12-00016.1

Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L. (2012) Mediterranean water shrew, Neomys anomalus Cabrera, 1907-a new mammal species for Lithuania. North-Western journal of zoology. 8(2): 367–369.

Juškaitis, R., Balčiauskas, L., Šiožinytė, V. (2012) Nest site preference of forest dormouse Dryomys nitedula (Pallas) in the north-western corner of the distribution range. Polish journal of ecology. 60 (4): 815–826.

Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L., Janonytė, A. (2012) The Influence of spring floods on small mammal communities in the Nemunas River Delta, Lithuania. Biologia. 67 (6): 1220–1229. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-012-0116-8

Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L., Janonytė, A. (2012) Reproduction of the root vole (Microtus oeconomus) at the edge of its distribution range. Turkish journal of zoology. 36 (5): 668–675. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1111-20

Balčiauskas, L., Jasiulionis, M. (2012) Reducing the incidence of mammals on public highways using chemical repellent. The Baltic journal of road and bridge engineering. 7 (2): 92–97. https://doi.org/10.3846/bjrbe.2012.13

Bieber, C., Juškaitis, R., Turbill, C., Ruf, T. (2012) High survival during hibernation affects onset and timing of reproduction. Oecologia. 169 (1): 155–166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-011-2194-7

Mouton, A., Grill, A., Sara, M., Kryštufek, B., Randi, E., Amori, G., Juškaitis, R., Aloise, G., Mortelliti, A., Panchetti, F., Michaux, J. (2012) Evidence of a complex phylogeographic structure in the common dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius (Rodentia: Gliridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 105 (3): 648–664. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01807.x

Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L., Alejūnas, P. (2011) Northern birch mouse (Sicista betulina) in Lithuania, findings in the diet of Tawny owl (Strix aluco). Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 57 (3): 277–289.

Kučas, A., Trakimas, G., Balčiauskas, L., Vaitkus, G. (2011) Multi-scale analysis of forest fragmentation in Lithuania. Baltic forestry. 17 (1 ): 128–135.

Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L. (2011) Estimation of Root Vole body mass using bone measurements from prey remains. North-Western journal of zoology. 7 (1): 143-147.

Baltrūnaitė, L. (2010) Winter habitat use, niche breadth and overlap between the red fox, pine marten and raccoon dog in different landscapes of Lithuania. Folia zoologica. 59 (4): 278–284. https://doi.org/10.25225/fozo.v59.i4.a2.2010

Balčiauskas, L., Balčiauskienė, L., Baltrūnaitė, L. (2010) Root vole, Microtus oeconomus, in Lithuania: changes in distribution range. Folia zoologica. 59 (4): 267–277. https://doi.org/10.25225/fozo.v59.i4.a1.2010