A vole with a dark shaggy coat and short tail, found abundantly in the grasslands of northern Eurasia.
普通田鼠。亦称SHORT-TAILED VOLE
Microtus arvalis, family Muridae
Also called short-tailed vole
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At the time of laying, Ural Owls mainly feed on field voles and bank voles.
We have a well-stocked river and even field voles.
British Waterways said a number of habitat piles were created from branches and larger logs and have been left for birds and small mammals, such as thrushes, blackbirds, finches, bats and field voles.
To all intents and purposes he seemed asleep but his acute hearing would be attuned for the rustling of a field vole moving through the grass.
Lambin et al. gave evidence of traveling waves during 3-4 - yr population cycles of field voles in north Britain.
For X chromosome sequences, nucleotide diversity was in the range of 1.6 x 10-4 to 8.0 x 10-4 (field vole).
The disappearance of the short tailed field voles, normally so hugely plentiful, had left a massive hole in his food supply.
This habitat attracts many small mammals, including the field vole, the barn owl's favorite prey.
Biologists estimate that two billion field voles were born in Britain last year.
Other animals that may carry and transmit the disease include beavers, muskrats, water and field voles, water and wood rats, squirrels, and lemmings.
The diet includes small birds, but the main food consists of short-tailed field voles.
Pokki finds a similar effect in a field vole metapopulation inhabiting an archipelago.
This owl has a preference for field voles, as the eagle owl has for rabbits.
Of course, you don't find many field voles wielding SLR cameras.