Across landscapes low K was associated with long return time φ for the short-dispersing species (r = −0.92 for beetle; r = −0.87 for vole; P<0.01 for both species) whereas the correlation was non-significant for skylark and spider.
At a meeting of the American Physical Society last fall, researchers from Cambridge University proposed that well-placed perforations in an airplane wing could have a similar smoothing effect on turbulence, leading to quieter and more fuel efficient flights — and mealtime voles for all.
We've done badgers for not really spreading TB, deer for eating crops, seals for eating more fish, hedgehogs for eating eggs, foxes, moles and voles for making a mess; the planet's stuffed anyway, and who am I to talk?
In voles, for example, the hormone is key to attachment behavior: Males with higher levels of oxytocin are more likely to be faithful to their mates.
Oxytocin is known to play a key role in social bonding: in monogamous prairie voles, for example, it helps mates bond, and in female rats it jumpstarts mothering behavior.
We thank the Wildwood Trust, Kent, for their support of this project and supply of water voles for release.
The abundance of kestrels of a given year predicts the abundance of voles for the next year (Fig. 4A), so that the higher the abundance of kestrels the lower the abundance of voles (r = −0.78, F1,9 = 14.01, P = 0.005).
The arena had been kept free of bank voles for 2 weeks before this study began.
Furthermore, PUUV is infectious for bank voles for up to 12 15 days in contaminated cage bedding (6 ).
