Voles are small mammals that tend to have large heads, compact bodies, and short noses. Microtus means “small ear” and the voles of this genus have short ears that barely protrude from the fur ...

1. The dispersal and population growth resulting from an invasion of Microtus californicus into an island free of voles were studied by analysing the vole runways intersecting three transects.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We examined an index of cyclicity (SD of the log 10 of population size), length of cycle (time-series analysis) and synchrony between common ...

Continuously growing incisors are common to all rodents, which include the Microtus genus of voles. However, unlike many rodents, voles also possess continuously growing molars. Here, we report ...

Several species of voles occur in the Juneau area. We see signs of their activity in various places — tracks in the snow, tunnels in the grass, nibbled bark at the base of shrubs, and so on. But we ...

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