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1. 1. Personality, Movement, andInfection in a Wild Population of Bank Voles (Myodes glareolus)

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

   Author : Filippa Erixon; [2021]
   Keywords : animal personality; behavior; movement; infection; Myodes glareolus; Puumala orthohantavirus;

   Abstract : Personality affects many life decisions and potentially has major consequences on ecological and evolutionary processes. Personality-dependent local movement affects interactions between individuals, resource acquisition, and the risk of encountering predators and pathogens. READ MORE

3. 2. The direct and indirect relation between ungulates on small mammals

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

   Author : Michael Wentzel; [2020]
   Keywords : small mammals; ungulates; vegetation cover; food competition; path analysis; direct; indirect; canopy cover; Sweden;

   Abstract : Ungulates are increasing in Europe, including Sweden and can cause changes to forest structure and forest-dwelling animals. This study is focused on the relation between various ungulate species and small mammal abundance in Swedish forests, through the alteration of ground vegetation cover and directly through food competition. READ MORE

4. 3. Pärlugglebeläggning i förhållande till sorktillgång över en klimat-och landskapsgradient

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

   Author : Petra Landström; [2020]
   Keywords : pärluggla; skogssork; gråsiding; åkersork; populationsdynamik;

   Abstract : Smådäggdjur har inventerats i Västerbottens län sedan 1971. Inventeringen genererar bakgrundsdata över populationsdynamik hos smådäggdjur, vilket används för tolkning av populationsförändringar i kringliggande trofiska nivåer. READ MORE

5. 4. Prevalence of Puumala virus (PUUV) in bank voles (Myodes glareolus) after a major boreal forest fire

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

   Author : Seyed Alireza Nematollahi Mahani; [2016]
   Keywords : bank vole; Puumala virus prevalence; forest fire; habitat loss;

   Abstract : Our knowledge on the impact of forest fires on the prevalence (proportion of infected individuals in a population) and dynamics of zoonotic pathogens is largely limited. A large forest fire in late 2006 at Bodträskfors in northern Sweden provided a unique opportunity to investigate the effect of habitat change on disease prevalence. READ MORE

6. 5. Abundance and diversity of small mammals in Swedish beaver systems

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment

   Author : Felicitas Glabischnig; [2015]
   Keywords : small mammals; beaver; Castor fiber; habitat heterogeneity; ecosystem engineer; biodiversity; bank vole; Myodes glareolus; wetlands;

   Abstract : Through their ecosystem engineering activities, beavers (Castor fiber ) create ponds and riparian zones littered with deadwood, providing hetero- geneous micro-habitats for a variety of small mammal species. In this study small mammals were snap-trapped in nine beaver systems and four reference wetland systems that were not created by beavers in southern and central Sweden to compare abundance and diversity of voles, shrews and mice. READ MORE