TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bjelica, Vukašin
AU  - Arsovski, Dragan
AU  - Anđelković, Marko
AU  - Maričić, Marko
AU  - Lakušić, Margareta
AU  - Avramović, Stefan
AU  - Tomović, Ljiljana
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://www.mjee.org.mk/index.php/mjee/article/view/173
UR  - http://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5477
AB  - Studies of body condition in snakes are generally lacking and were only done on a few species and with limited sample sizes. Additionally, almost no studies considered how different factors affect body condition. We used a large dataset amassed over a 15 year-long ecological study to make a preliminary screening of body condition index (BCI) variation in a metapopulation of dice snakes (Natrix tessellata) in the region of Lake Prespa. We considered how factors such as sex, food, colour morph, locality and time affect BCI. We demonstrate a positive effect of food (relatively less in males), and lower BCI in females. Importantly, there is a strong seasonal effect, summer months having a positive effect as opposed to spring. The results of our study raise important considerations for future studies on snake BCI, but also conservation of freshwater ecosystems.
PB  - Skopje: Macedonian Ecological Society
T2  - Macedonian Journal of Ecology and Environment
T1  - Preliminary overview of body condition variation among dice snake populations from transboundary Lake Prespa
IS  - 1
VL  - 24
SP  - 17
EP  - 25
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_5477
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Bjelica, Vukašin and Arsovski, Dragan and Anđelković, Marko and Maričić, Marko and Lakušić, Margareta and Avramović, Stefan and Tomović, Ljiljana",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Studies of body condition in snakes are generally lacking and were only done on a few species and with limited sample sizes. Additionally, almost no studies considered how different factors affect body condition. We used a large dataset amassed over a 15 year-long ecological study to make a preliminary screening of body condition index (BCI) variation in a metapopulation of dice snakes (Natrix tessellata) in the region of Lake Prespa. We considered how factors such as sex, food, colour morph, locality and time affect BCI. We demonstrate a positive effect of food (relatively less in males), and lower BCI in females. Importantly, there is a strong seasonal effect, summer months having a positive effect as opposed to spring. The results of our study raise important considerations for future studies on snake BCI, but also conservation of freshwater ecosystems.",
publisher = "Skopje: Macedonian Ecological Society",
journal = "Macedonian Journal of Ecology and Environment",
title = "Preliminary overview of body condition variation among dice snake populations from transboundary Lake Prespa",
number = "1",
volume = "24",
pages = "17-25",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_5477"
}

Bjelica, V., Arsovski, D., Anđelković, M., Maričić, M., Lakušić, M., Avramović, S.,& Tomović, L.. (2022). Preliminary overview of body condition variation among dice snake populations from transboundary Lake Prespa. in Macedonian Journal of Ecology and Environment
Skopje: Macedonian Ecological Society., 24(1), 17-25.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_5477

Bjelica V, Arsovski D, Anđelković M, Maričić M, Lakušić M, Avramović S, Tomović L. Preliminary overview of body condition variation among dice snake populations from transboundary Lake Prespa. in Macedonian Journal of Ecology and Environment. 2022;24(1):17-25.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_5477 .

Bjelica, Vukašin, Arsovski, Dragan, Anđelković, Marko, Maričić, Marko, Lakušić, Margareta, Avramović, Stefan, Tomović, Ljiljana, "Preliminary overview of body condition variation among dice snake populations from transboundary Lake Prespa" in Macedonian Journal of Ecology and Environment, 24, no. 1 (2022):17-25,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_5477 .