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From: Differential behavioural and endocrine responses of common voles (Microtus arvalis) to nest predators and resource competitors

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Vole mother’s ( Microtus arvalis ) time spent in their burrow entrances (during 36 hours). This variable was measured as mean number of antenna readings per second (possible maximum = 6 readings per second, indicating that the animal sits in the antenna ring; < 3 readings indicate a fast passage) in the presence of a nest predator (NP, shrew, Crocidura russula), a interspecific resource competitor (RC, field vole, M. agrestis), or a intraspecific competitor control individual (C). Data derived from circular antennas fixed at each burrow entrance connected to automatic transponder reading stations.

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BMC Ecology

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