The present review is a compilation of the published data on the ecology and social behavior of the social vole.Field studies provide evidence that these voles live in family groups consisting of 1 adult male,1 or 2 b...
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia/Ministério da Ciência,Tecnologia e Ensino Superior(FCT/MCTES)for the financial support to CESAM(UIDP/50017/2020+UIDB/50017/2020);through national funds.ASQ and JPT are funded by national funds(OE),through FCT。
The Lusitanian(Microtus lusitanicus)and the Mediterranean(Microtus duodecimcostatus)pine voles are recently diverged sister species endemic of the Iberian Peninsula that can be identified with ecological and morphologi...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [81801984];China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2019M664008];Military Medical Science and Technology Youth Cultivation Project [20QNPY092]
Type-VI secretion system(T6SS)is a widespread bacteriophage-like complex in bacteria that participates in multiple physiological processes,including metal ion uptake,bacterial competition,and biofilm formation^([1]).Y...
Dear Editor, Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is transmitted among mammals (including humans) primarily via the bite of infected fleas. Flea-borne transmission distinguishes Y. pestis from its progeni...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation(30870402,31170396);Key Knowledge Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences(KSCX-EW-N-05)
The outbreak of Yantze vole ( Microtus fortis) population in Dongting Lake region is closely related to the evolvement of lake beaches,because the deposition of lake sediments results in the expansion of lake beaches,...
This study was funded by Hedmark University College.The moose simulation experiment,including sampling of bilberry used in this experiment,was financed by the Swedish Research Council for Environmental,Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning,and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency(grants to I-L Persson and K Danell);The forest companies Assi Domän/Sveaskog and Holmen Skog kindly allowed us to work on their land.The study was conducted in accordance with current Norwegian and Swedish laws,under the necessary permits(2007/11612 ART-VI-ID and STFDU1058).
Browsing by large herbivores might either increase or decrease preference for the plant by other herbivores,depending on the plant response.Using a cafeteria test,we studied the preference by root voles(Microtus oecon...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30670273;No.30200026);Ministry of Education Key Project of Peoples Republic of China(20060718)
To gain insight into the function of AOB and MOB during different social interaction and in different vole species,the behaviors and neural activation of the olfactory bulbs in social interactions of mandarin voles Mi...
funded by theNatural Science Foundation of China(30670273);Natural Science Foundation of ShaanXi(2008C269);Science and Technology Plan Project of Xi'an Burea of Science and Technology(YF07194);Special Science Research Fund for Xi'an University of Arts and Science(KY200520)
In order to investigate the neuroendocrine mechanism of the mating behavior in the adult male mandarin voles Microtus mandarinus,the radioimmunoassay(RIA)and immunohistochemistry methods were used to investigate the d...
support was provided by Funda玢o para a Ciência e Tecnologia(SAPIENS Project POCI/BIA-BDE/57053/2004 and a PhD grant PRAXIS/SFRH/BD/21403/2005).
The Lusitanian and the Mediterranean pine voles(Microtus lusitanicus Gerbe,1879 and Microtus duodecimcostatus de Selys-Longchamps,1839)are fossorial sister species and have an allopatric pattern of distribution in Por...