Open AccessFeeding Selectivity of Montane and Long-Tailed Voles (Microtus montanus and M. longicaudus)
Author(s) -
Frederick J. Jannett
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
annual report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2693-2407
pISSN - 2693-2385
DOI - 10.13001/uwnpsrc.1993.3145
Subject(s) - montane ecology , microtus , habitat , vegetation (pathology) , ecology , biology , zoology , geography , medicine , pathology
The purpose of the research, begun in 1989, is to ascertain how selectively voles feed, and to assess vegetation as a factor in demographic processes. Microtus longicaudus exhibits relatively stable numbers while M. montanus has dramatic fluctuations in some habitats. The study sites for M. montanus have been chosen to include primary and secondary habitat, and proximate and isolated habitat patches. Vegetation has heretofore not been quantitatively analyzed.