Title:

Food of the bank vole in northern Finnish spruce forests

Creator:

Viro, P. ; Sulkava, S.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1985

Description:

The diet of the bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus (Schreber, 1780) in spruce forests in northern and central Finland is found to consist typically of small amounts of seeds (0.5-2.0% of the stomach contents at different seasons), berries (0.1-4.6%) and animal material (0.2-2.3%) and a high percentage of beared lichens, Alectoria spp. and Bryoria spp., at all seasons (27.9-53.7%). The tree lichens replace the seeds of deciduous trees consumed in many forests further south.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Clethrionomys glareolus ; food ; spruce forest ; stomach contents ; Nornica ruda ; pokarm ; dieta ; las iglasty

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

30

Issue:

15

Start page:

259

End page:

266

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.85-17

Source:

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Language:

eng ; Sum. eng ; pol.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open