Nesting Habits of the California Vole, Microtus californicus, and Microclimatic Factors Affecting Its Nests

Ecology ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 663-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold E. Stark
Keyword(s):  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Microtus Californicus ◽  
California Vole ◽  
Nesting Habits

The role of seasonality in vole cycles

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (12) ◽  
pp. 2871-2872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard S. Ostfeld ◽  
Robert H. Tamarin
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Food Availability ◽  
Population Fluctuations ◽  
High Population Density ◽  
Vole Population ◽  
Seasonal Fluctuations ◽  
Microtus Californicus ◽  
Vole Cycles ◽  
California Vole

We examined the assertion that seasonal fluctuations in food availability are necessary for vole cycles to take place by studying the dynamics of a California vole (Microtus californicus) population inhabiting a relatively aseasonal environment. That population was one of the most stable (noncyclic) microtine populations yet described. Reproduction was comparatively aseasonal but appeared to be suppressed at high population density. We suggest that the role of seasonality in vole population fluctuations deserves further study.

scholarly journals Isla Vista virus: a genetically novel hantavirus of the California vole Microtus californicus

1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (12) ◽  
pp. 3195-3199 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Song ◽  
N. Torrez-Martinez ◽  
W. Irwin ◽  
F. J. Harrison ◽  
R. Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microtus Californicus ◽  
California Vole
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