Synchronous population fluctuations of forest and field voles: implications for population management
High population densities of field and forest voles cause economic losses by consuming crop or slowing down forest regeneration by damaging the bark of young trees. Consequently, programs to monitor abundances are often implemented as part of population management. Whereas abundances of the common v...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:cc15ee3dc56443cab89e735738072719 2023-05-15T15:56:26+02:00 Synchronous population fluctuations of forest and field voles: implications for population management Tkadlec, E. Suchomel, J. Purchart, L. Heroldová, M. Čepelka, L. Homolka, M. 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5073/jka.2011.432.052 https://doaj.org/article/cc15ee3dc56443cab89e735738072719 DE EN ger eng Julius Kühn-Institut https://doaj.org/toc/1868-9892 doi:10.5073/jka.2011.432.052 1868-9892 https://doaj.org/article/cc15ee3dc56443cab89e735738072719 Julius-Kühn-Archiv, Iss 432, Pp 97-98 (2011) bank vole common vole Microtus Myodes correlation of population fluctuations Agriculture S Botany QK1-989 article 2011 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5073/jka.2011.432.052 2022-12-30T21:06:10Z High population densities of field and forest voles cause economic losses by consuming crop or slowing down forest regeneration by damaging the bark of young trees. Consequently, programs to monitor abundances are often implemented as part of population management. Whereas abundances of the common vole (Microtus arvalis) in the Czech Republic has regularly been checked by the State Phytosanitary Administration for decades, no monitoring program has so far been invented to monitor forest voles. Because population numbers of different vole taxa are often observed to fluctuate in phase, we explored the possibility whether the monitoring data for the common vole can be used to forecast numbers of forest voles. Since 2002, we have monitored by snap-trapping bank vole (Myodes glareolus) populations in three forests situated in southern Moravia, Czech Republic. Correlation analysis of time series of yearly population changes for the common and bank vole revealed that populations of field and forest voles in southern Moravia fluctuate in a close synchrony, the correlations being consistently higher than 0.8. This result provides the reasonable possibility of exploiting the data from the extensive common vole population monitoring program for prediction in population management of forest voles. Article in Journal/Newspaper Common vole Microtus arvalis Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
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High population densities of field and forest voles cause economic losses by consuming crop or slowing down forest regeneration by damaging the bark of young trees. Consequently, programs to monitor abundances are often implemented as part of population management. Whereas abundances of the common vole (Microtus arvalis) in the Czech Republic has regularly been checked by the State Phytosanitary Administration for decades, no monitoring program has so far been invented to monitor forest voles. Because population numbers of different vole taxa are often observed to fluctuate in phase, we explored the possibility whether the monitoring data for the common vole can be used to forecast numbers of forest voles. Since 2002, we have monitored by snap-trapping bank vole (Myodes glareolus) populations in three forests situated in southern Moravia, Czech Republic. Correlation analysis of time series of yearly population changes for the common and bank vole revealed that populations of field and forest voles in southern Moravia fluctuate in a close synchrony, the correlations being consistently higher than 0.8. This result provides the reasonable possibility of exploiting the data from the extensive common vole population monitoring program for prediction in population management of forest voles. |
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Tkadlec, E. Suchomel, J. Purchart, L. Heroldová, M. Čepelka, L. Homolka, M. |
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Tkadlec, E. Suchomel, J. Purchart, L. Heroldová, M. Čepelka, L. Homolka, M. |
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Synchronous population fluctuations of forest and field voles: implications for population management |
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Synchronous population fluctuations of forest and field voles: implications for population management |
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Synchronous population fluctuations of forest and field voles: implications for population management |
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Synchronous population fluctuations of forest and field voles: implications for population management |
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synchronous population fluctuations of forest and field voles: implications for population management |
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