Food resources and intestinal parasites as limiting factors for boreal vole populations during winter

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F14%3A00079973" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/14:00079973 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/13-2381.1" target="_blank" >http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/13-2381.1</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-2381.1" target="_blank" >10.1890/13-2381.1</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Food resources and intestinal parasites as limiting factors for boreal vole populations during winter
Original language description
Processes limiting the growth of cyclic vole populations have stimulated considerable research and debate over several decades. In Fennoscandia, the peak density of cyclic vole populations occurs in fall, and is followed by a severe winter decline. Foodavailability and intestinal parasites have been demonstrated to independently and synergistically limit wildlife populations. The purpose of this study was to directly compare competing food and parasite hypotheses on the limitation of overwintering high-density vole populations. Moreover, we evaluated the ability of food limitation and nematode infection to interact and thereby intensify population declines. A two-factor experiment with food supplementation and antihelminthic medication was conducted on replicated, enclosed field vole (Microtus agrestis) populations in central Finland over one full boreal winter. Population abundance, survival, and demographic attributes were monitored through live trapping.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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