Vole population cycles in northern and southern Europe: Is there a need for different explanations for single pattern?
10 pages International audience 1. Students of population cycles in small rodents in Fennoscandia have accumulated support for the predation hypothesis, which states that the gradient in cycle length and amplitude running from southern to northern Fennoscandia reflects the relative influence of spec...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-00184655v1 2024-02-27T08:39:46+00:00 Vole population cycles in northern and southern Europe: Is there a need for different explanations for single pattern? Lambin, Xavier Bretagnolle, Vincent Yoccoz, Nigel G. School of Biological Sciences (APERU) University of Aberdeen Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Ecology Unit (University of Tromsø) University of Tromsø (UiT)-Ecology Unit 2006-01 https://hal.science/hal-00184655 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01051.x en eng HAL CCSD Wiley info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01051.x hal-00184655 https://hal.science/hal-00184655 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01051.x ISSN: 0021-8790 EISSN: 1365-2656 Journal of Animal Ecology https://hal.science/hal-00184655 Journal of Animal Ecology, 2006, 75, pp.340-349. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01051.x⟩ voles Clethrionomys cycles lemmings Microtus population dynamics predation parsimony [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2006 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01051.x 2024-01-28T03:20:32Z 10 pages International audience 1. Students of population cycles in small rodents in Fennoscandia have accumulated support for the predation hypothesis, which states that the gradient in cycle length and amplitude running from southern to northern Fennoscandia reflects the relative influence of specialist and generalist predators on vole dynamics, itself modulated by the presence of snow cover. The hypothesized role of snow cover is to isolate linked specialist predators, primarily the least weasel, Mustela n. nivalis L. and their prey, primarily field voles Microtus agrestis L., from the stabilizing influence of generalist predators. 2. The predation hypothesis does not readily account for the high amplitude and regular 3-year cycles of common voles documented in agricultural areas of western, central and eastern Europe. Such cycles are rarely mentioned in the literature pertaining to Fennoscandian cycles. 3. We consider new data on population cycles and demographic patterns of common voles Microtus arvalis Pallas in south-west France. We show that the patterns are wholly consistent with five of six patterns that characterize rodent cycles in Fennoscandia and that are satisfactorily explained by the predation hypothesis. They include the: (a) existence of cycle; (b) the occurrence of long-term changes in relative abundance and type of dynamics; (c) geographical synchrony over large areas; (d) interspecific synchrony; and (e) voles are large in the increase and peak phase and small in decline and low phase, namely. There is a striking similarity between the patterns shown by common vole populations in south-west France and those from Fennoscandian cyclic rodent populations, although the former are not consistent with a geographical extension of the latitudinal gradient south of Fennoscandia. 4. It is possible that the dominant interaction leading to multiannual rodent oscillations is different in different regions. We argue, however, that advocates of the predation hypothesis should embrace the challenge of ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Common vole Fennoscandia Fennoscandian Microtus arvalis Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Journal of Animal Ecology 75 2 340 349 |
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voles Clethrionomys cycles lemmings Microtus population dynamics predation parsimony [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes Lambin, Xavier Bretagnolle, Vincent Yoccoz, Nigel G. Vole population cycles in northern and southern Europe: Is there a need for different explanations for single pattern? |
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10 pages International audience 1. Students of population cycles in small rodents in Fennoscandia have accumulated support for the predation hypothesis, which states that the gradient in cycle length and amplitude running from southern to northern Fennoscandia reflects the relative influence of specialist and generalist predators on vole dynamics, itself modulated by the presence of snow cover. The hypothesized role of snow cover is to isolate linked specialist predators, primarily the least weasel, Mustela n. nivalis L. and their prey, primarily field voles Microtus agrestis L., from the stabilizing influence of generalist predators. 2. The predation hypothesis does not readily account for the high amplitude and regular 3-year cycles of common voles documented in agricultural areas of western, central and eastern Europe. Such cycles are rarely mentioned in the literature pertaining to Fennoscandian cycles. 3. We consider new data on population cycles and demographic patterns of common voles Microtus arvalis Pallas in south-west France. We show that the patterns are wholly consistent with five of six patterns that characterize rodent cycles in Fennoscandia and that are satisfactorily explained by the predation hypothesis. They include the: (a) existence of cycle; (b) the occurrence of long-term changes in relative abundance and type of dynamics; (c) geographical synchrony over large areas; (d) interspecific synchrony; and (e) voles are large in the increase and peak phase and small in decline and low phase, namely. There is a striking similarity between the patterns shown by common vole populations in south-west France and those from Fennoscandian cyclic rodent populations, although the former are not consistent with a geographical extension of the latitudinal gradient south of Fennoscandia. 4. It is possible that the dominant interaction leading to multiannual rodent oscillations is different in different regions. We argue, however, that advocates of the predation hypothesis should embrace the challenge of ... |
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School of Biological Sciences (APERU) University of Aberdeen Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Ecology Unit (University of Tromsø) University of Tromsø (UiT)-Ecology Unit |
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Vole population cycles in northern and southern Europe: Is there a need for different explanations for single pattern? |
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Vole population cycles in northern and southern Europe: Is there a need for different explanations for single pattern? |
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Vole population cycles in northern and southern Europe: Is there a need for different explanations for single pattern? |
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Vole population cycles in northern and southern Europe: Is there a need for different explanations for single pattern? |
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Vole population cycles in northern and southern Europe: Is there a need for different explanations for single pattern? |
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vole population cycles in northern and southern europe: is there a need for different explanations for single pattern? |
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ISSN: 0021-8790 EISSN: 1365-2656 Journal of Animal Ecology https://hal.science/hal-00184655 Journal of Animal Ecology, 2006, 75, pp.340-349. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01051.x⟩ |
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