Behaviour of subarctic red-backed voles ( Clethrionomys gapperi athabascae )

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Mihok, Steve
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1976
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Northwest Territories; Canada; Heart Lake; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z76-224; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z76-224

Interactions between pairs of red-backed voles were observed in a neutral observation arena in the summer of 1975 at Heart Lake. Northwest Territories, Canada. Twenty–one behaviours were recorded for each vole and were simplified to six factors of behaviour: amicable, defensive, aggressive, avoidanc...