Burrowing by common voles (Microtus arvalis) in various social environments

• Main Authors: Dobly, Alexandre, Rozenfeld, Francine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Sciences et médecine vétérinaires; Neurosciences cognitives; Biopsychologie et psychopathologie; Burrows; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/164088; https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/164088/4/5463c393-c121-455a-a40a-47319543df0c.txt

Female common voles live in groups in large burrows whereas males are probably solitary and promiscuous. At high population density, when burrows become a limiting factor, some females are forced to emigrate from their group. To investigate whether these emigrants could share new common burrows with...