Visual cues as determinants of perceptual range in root voles Microtus oeconomus

• Autorzy: Andreassen H. P. , Bjornbom E. , Carlsen R.G. , Gundersen G. , Gundersen H.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

We tested whether the perceptual range of male root voles Microtus oeconomus (Pallas, 1776) could be determined by visual objects in the landscape. This was done by giving single mates the choice between three different sized visual cardboard patches randomly arranged around the perimeter of a circle located in agricultural fields. Effects of distance were tested by varying the diameter of the circle. The root voles were able to orient towards patches, but did not choose patches relative to their size. The ability to orient towards patches decreased with increasing distance between the release point and the patches.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Microtus oeconomus; searching behaviour; male; landscape ecology; vole; perceptual range; root vole

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Theriologica
• Rocznik: 1998
• Tom: 43
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.371-378,fig.

Twórcy

autor

Andreassen H. P.

• University of Oslo, P.O.Box 1050 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway, e-mail: [e-mail]

autor

Bjornbom E.

autor

Carlsen R.G.

autor

Gundersen G.

autor

Gundersen H.

Bibliografia

• Alyan S. and Jander R. 1994. Short-range homing in the house mouse, Mus musculus: stages in the luarning of directions. Animal Behaviour 48: 285-298.
• Andreassen H. P., Halle S. and Ims R. A. 1996a. Optimal width of movement corridors for root voles: not too narrow and not too wide. Journal of Applied Ecology 33: 63-70.
• Andreassen H. P., Ims R. A. and Steinset O. K. 1996b. The effects of discontinuity of movement corridors on male root vole movements. Journal of Applied Ecology 33: 555-560.
• Bell W. J. 1991. Searching behaviour. Chapman and Hall, London: 1-351.
• Berg K. W. 1995. Space use responses of root voles (Microtus oeconomus) to a habitat fragmentation gradient. Candidatus Scientiarum thesis, University of Oslo, Oslo: 1-51.
• Day R. H. 1972. Visual spatial illusions: a general explanation. Science 175: 1335-1340.
• Doak D. F., Marino P. C. and Kareiva P. M. 1992. Spatial scale mediates the influence of habitat fragmentation on dispersal success: implications for conservation. Theoretical Population Biology 41: 315-336.
• Forman R. T. T. and Godron M. 1986. Landscape ecology. John Wiley and Sons, New York: 1-619.
• Gaines M. S. and Johnson M. L. 1982. Home range size and population dynamics in the prairie vole, Microtus och.roga.ster. Oikos 39: 63-70.
• Henttonen H. and Kaikusalo A. 1993. Lemming movements. [In: The biology of lemmings. N. C. Stenseth and R. A. Ims, eds]. Academic Press, London: 157-186.
• Herz R. S., Zanette L. and Sherry D. F. 1994. Spatial cues for cache retrieval by black-capped chickadees. Animal Behaviour 48: 343-351.
• Honig W. K. 1990. Structure and function in the spatial memory of animals. |In: Memory mecha­nisms; A tribute to G. V. Goddard. W. C. Abraham, M. Corballis and K. G. White, eds]. Hillsdal, New Jersey: 293-313.
• Ims R. A. 1995. Movement patterns related to spatial structures. [In: Mosaic landscapes and ecological processes. L. Hansson, L. Fahrig and G. Merriam, eds]. Chapman and Hall, London; 85-109.
• Jędrzejewski W,, Rychlik L. and Jędrzejewska B. 1993. Responses of bank voles to odours of seven species of predators: experimental data and their relevance to natural predator-vole relationships. Oikos 68: 251-257.
• Koponen T., Kokkonen A. and Kalela 0. 1961. On a case of a spring migration in the Norwegian lemming. Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae, Series A, IV Biológica 52: 1-30.
• Lima S. L, and Zollner P. A. 1996. Towards a behavioral ecology of ecological landscapes. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 11: 131-135.
• Liu J., Dunning J. B Jr and Puiliam H. R. 1995. Population effects of a forest management plan on Bachman's sparrows (Aimophila aestivalis}', linking a spatially explicit model with GIS. Conser­vation Biology 9: 62-75.
• Mech L. D. 1970. The wolf: The ecology and behavior of an endangered species. Natural History Press, New York: 1-384.
• Myllymáki A. 1977. Intraspecific competition and home range dynamics in the field vole Microtus agrest is. Oikos 29: 553-564.
• Rahmann von H. and Rahmann M. 1966. Sehscharfe (Minimum separabile), Dressurverhalten und vegSeichende Augenlinsewnessungen beim Waldlemming (Myopus schisticolor Lillj.) und Berglemming (Lemmus lemmas L.). Zeitschrift für Saugertierkunde 31: 396-401.
• Ray C., Gilpin M. and Smith A. T. 1991. The effect of conspecific attraction on metapopulation dynamics. Biological Journal of Linnean Society 42: 123-134.
• Rolstad J. and Wegge P, 1987. Distribution and size of capercaillie leks in relation to old forest fragmentation. Oecologia 72: 389-394.
• Steen H. 1994. Low survival of long distance dispersers of the root vole {Microtus neconomus). Annales Zoologici Fennici 31: 271-274.
• Szacki J. and Liro A. 1991. Movements of small mammals in the heterogeneous landscape. Landscape Ecology 5: 219-224.
• Wiens J., Stenseth N. C., Van Home B. and Ims R. A. 1993. Ecological mechanisms and landscape ecology. Oikos 66: 369-380.
• Williams D. A. 1976. Improved likelihood ratio tests for complete contingency tables. Biometrika 63: 33-37.