Use of space by bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) in a polish farm landscape

1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michŀ Kozakiewicz ◽  
Anna Kozakiewicz ◽  
Aleksy Łukowski ◽  
Tomasz Gortat
Keyword(s):  
Clethrionomys Glareolus ◽  
Use Of Space ◽  
Bank Voles

Effect of a predator's visit on the spatial distribution of bank voles: experiments with weasels

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 660-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski ◽  
Bogumiła Jędrzejewska
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Activity ◽  
Clethrionomys Glareolus ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Use Of Space ◽  
Bank Voles ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Outdoor Enclosure ◽  
Risk Of Predation ◽  
Mustela Nivalis ◽  
Series Of Experiments

A series of experiments in seminatural conditions with bank voles Clethrionomys glareolus (Schreber, 1780) and weasels Mustela nivalis Linnaeus, 1766 was designed to show if (i) a short visit by a weasel into an area, and (ii) its scent alone left there, would influence the use of space by bank voles, and whether the age, sex, and reproductive activity of bank voles would differentiate their responses to the risk of predation. Forty-five bank voles were released into an outdoor enclosure (150 m2) divided into three pens of equal size. The risk of predation was manipulated by introducing a weasel into either one or two pens for 24 or 2 h. Changes in the use of space by voles were determined by livetrapping in pens for 11 days after each manipulation. The pens that had been penetrated by weasels were avoided by voles for several days following each introduction of a weasel. The pens where prey had contacted a predator, or where only the odour of a weasel remained, were equally avoided by voles. Sex- and age-related differences in response to risk were noted in bank voles: subadults and nonreproductive adults of both sexes, and reproductively active adult males, shifted their positions significantly after a weasel had penetrated their home pen. Juveniles of both sexes and reproducing females did not abandon their ranges.

scholarly journals Demographic Factors Associated with Hantavirus Infection in Bank Voles (Clethrionomys glareolus)

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 924-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gert E. Olsson ◽  
Neil White ◽  
Clas Ahlm ◽  
Fredrik Elgh ◽  
Ann-Christin Verlemyr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Clethrionomys Glareolus ◽  
Hantavirus Infection ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Bank Voles

scholarly journals Hantavirus and arenavirus antibody prevalence in rodents and humans in Trentino, Northern Italy

2005 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
pp. 830-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. KALLIO-KOKKO ◽  
J. LAAKKONEN ◽  
A. RIZZOLI ◽  
V. TAGLIAPIETRA ◽  
I. CATTADORI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
Neutralization Assay ◽  
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis ◽  
Clethrionomys Glareolus ◽  
Common Finding ◽  
Wild Rodents ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Bank Voles ◽  
Dobrava Virus ◽  
Low Prevalence

The spatial and temporal distribution of hantavirus and arenavirus antibody-positive wild rodents in Trentino, Italy, was studied using immunofluorescence assays (IFA) in two long-term sites trapped in 2000–2003, and six other sites trapped in 2002. The overall hantavirus seroprevalence in the bank voles, Clethrionomys glareolus (n=229) screened for Puumala virus (PUUV) antibodies was 0·4%, and that for Apodemus flavicollis mice (n=1416) screened for Dobrava virus (DOBV) antibodies was 0·2%. Antibodies against lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) were found in 82 (5·6%) of the 1472 tested rodents; the seroprevalence being 6·1% in A. flavicollis (n=1181), 3·3% in C. glareolus (n=276), and 14·3% in Microtus arvalis (n=7). Of the serum samples of 488 forestry workers studied by IFA, 12 were LCMV-IgG positive (2·5%) and one DOBV-IgG positive (0·2%), however, the latter could not be confirmed DOBV-specific with a neutralization assay. Our results show a widespread distribution but low prevalence of DOBV in Trentino, and demonstrate that the arenavirus antibodies are a common finding in several other rodent species besides the house mouse.

A survey of Cryptosporidium species in Skomer bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus skomerensis)

1998 ◽  
Vol 244 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Bull ◽  
R. M. Chalmers ◽  
A. P. Sturdee ◽  
T. D. Healing
Keyword(s):  
Cryptosporidium Species ◽  
Clethrionomys Glareolus ◽  
Bank Voles

Odour cue recognition by dominant male bank voles, Clethrionomys glareolus

1991 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 839-850 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.M. Rozenfeld ◽  
R. Rasmont
Keyword(s):  
Clethrionomys Glareolus ◽  
Dominant Male ◽  
Bank Voles ◽  
Cue Recognition
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