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dc.contributor.authorFrafjord, Karl
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-02T11:31:30Z
dc.date.available2016-09-02T11:31:30Z
dc.date.issued2016-04-26
dc.description.abstractThe relationship between home range and reproductive status of water voles (Arvicola amphibius) was studied by radio-tracking on an island off the coast of northern Norway in 2006–2009. The aim was to test assumptions about the species’ social structure relative to other microtines. Juveniles used fairly small ranges (about 400 m²), with no difference between males and females. Subadults, overwintered voles in April, had ranges similar to juveniles. Reproductively active males (mean 2774.0 m²) increased their range seven-fold relative to juvenile males, with ranges on average 3.3 times larger than adult females (mean 848.3 m²), which also expanded their range. Most litters were born in May and June, and as reproduction ceased in July adult males reduced their range whilst females did not. Body mass or year did not influence home range size. Overlap of home ranges varied, but could be extensive in both adult males and females. The water vole had a social structure similar to some Microtus species, but females appeared to be non-territorial and males perhaps conditioned territorial and non-territorial.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funded by Tromsø University Museum.en_US
dc.descriptionPublisher's version, source: <a href=http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154338>http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154338</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPLoS ONE 11(4): e0154338en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1353753
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154338
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/9644
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_9182
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488en_US
dc.titleInfluence of Reproductive Status: Home Range Size in Water Voles (Arvicola amphibius)en_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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