SPATIAL-ORGANIZATION IN A SMALL POPULATION OF THE ROOT VOLE MICROTUS-OECONOMUS IN A LINEAR HABITAT

Authors
FAUSKE J ANDREASSEN HP IMS RA
Citation
J. Fauske et al., SPATIAL-ORGANIZATION IN A SMALL POPULATION OF THE ROOT VOLE MICROTUS-OECONOMUS IN A LINEAR HABITAT, Acta Theriologica, 42(1), 1997, pp. 79-90
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Acta Theriologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00017051
Volume
42
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
79 - 90
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-7051(1997)42:1<79:SIASPO>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We studied demography and spatial organization in a population of root voles Microtus oeconomus (Pallas, 1776) inhabiting a fenced, linear h abitat (560 x 1.5 m) during the breeding season, using live trapping a nd radiotelemetry. There were no establishments of new reproductive in dividuals. Compared to root voles in non-linear habitats, home ranges were extremely small and no male home ranges overlapped. A short term removal and reintroduction experiment (2 days removal of every second individual on the study area) produced no changes in home range size, indicating that home range borders were not defended by daily contact between neighbours.