K histórii rozširenia svišt'a horského (Marmota marmota L.) v oblasti Vysokych Tater. [Zur Geschichte der Verbreitung des Bergmurmeltieres Marmota marmota L. im Gebiet des Tatra-Nationalparks. Sur l'histoire de l'expansion des marmottes de montagne de la région des parcs nationaux des Tatra. History of the spreading of mountain marmots from Tatra National Park].

Résumé

The author made an inventory of marmots in the high Tatra Mountains in 1948. This was the first inventarisation of this species after the world War II. Its purpose was to ascertain yhe population s of this valuable species. In 1955 the mountain populations in the eastern parts of the High Tatra were revised and considerable changes in the distribution of the colonies and individual dens were found. Naturally, in the recent time the marmots get more attention, so that their populations increase. In the first place this is enhanced by the exclusion of grazing in the Alpine meadows of the High Tatra national Park region. On comparing the published data with the present-day state of things, there arise considerable differences but all the same this paper can be rather useful and can contribute to a better knowledge of marmots and intensify their actual protection.