Midwinter aggregation in the northern red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rutilus

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: West, Stephen D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1977
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Fairbanks; Midwinter; taiga; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z77-183; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z77-183

Livetrapping in black spruce (Picea mariana) taiga 60 km north of Fairbanks, Alaska, during 1972–1973 revealed that the dispersion pattern of the capture points for a population of northern red-backed voles varied greatly with season. The population was distributed without apparent aggregation from...