Short-tailed vole

Anal gland secretion of male short-tailed voles, M. agrestis, stimulates plasma testosterone, body weight, and anal gland size in other males. The biological significance of this effect is unclear (Khan and Stoddart, 1986). 

Khan, T. Y. and Stoddart, D. M. (1986). Demonstration of an odorous intramale primer effect in short-tailed vole, Microtus agrestis L. Journal ofChemical Ecology 12,2097-2106. 

Does trap odour influence estimation of population size of the short-tailed vole, Microtus agrestis Journal of AnimalEcology 51,375-386. 

Shillito, E. E., 1963, Exploratory behaviour in short-tailed vole,... 

Short-tailed field vole, Microtus agrestis... 

Short-tailed field vole (mean intake of 2-10 mg Pb/kg BW daily)... 

Meadow vole Microtus Short-tailed shrew Blmina brevicauda Soiled enclosure Avoidance Fulk, 1971... 

Fulk, G. W. (1971). The Behavioral interactions of the Short-tailed Shrew and the Meadow Vole. Kingston, RI University of Rhode Island. 

Parsons, G.J. Bondrup-Nielsen, S. 1996. Experimental analysis of behavior of meadow voles Microtus pennsyl-vanicus) to odors of the short-tailed weasel Mustela erminea). 1996. Ecoscience, 3, 63-69. 

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