Movement patterns of male common voles ( Microtus arvalis ) in a network of Y junctions: role of distant visual cues and scent marks

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Dobly, Alexandre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2001
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Burrows; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z01-191; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z01-191

Common voles (Microtus arvalis) use networks of runways around their burrows, which are dug in meadows. Their orientation among such networks could be based on rigid "egocentred" routes (possibly through the use of olfactory "trails") or on more general, "allocentred" s...