Relative density variations of common vole population based on index transect, Septfontaines - Le Souillot, France (1990-2000)
- 1. INRAE
- 2. Chrono-environment, University of Franche-Comté
Description
Transects were walked from village to village along a transect line. Common vole (Microtus arvalis) activity indices were recorded in every ten pace interval from October 1990 to April 2000. In 2014, the geographical coordinates of each interval has been computed by spatial interpolation based on georeferenced maps. Therefore, users must be aware that individual locations of intervals are unprecise, but not the general bearing of the transect in the landscape and interval succession. See articles published for reference and more details.
During the same time span, small mammmals (including common voles) were sampled using live-trapping, see 10.5281/zenodo.6997316
FILE DESCRIPTION:
db.txt index transect file
- name: transect name
- date: on eight digits, '19921014' reads 14/10/1992
- ID: interval ID = number (within a given transect at a given date)
- Habitat: (indicative) the habitat category crossed. Just mentioned when passing from one category to the other; the following intervals are assumed to belong to this habitat
- ma1: number of Microtus holes; A, 1-5 holes; B, 6-10 holes; C > 10 holes
- ma2: answered only if A, B, or C are defined in ma1; NA, not answered (ma1 not defined), 0, zero faeces, 1 some faeces or fresh indices (runways with grass freshly cut, etc.); 2 many faeces in heaps
- long: longitude (WGS84)
- lat: latitude (WGS84)
StudyAreaBoundingBox.kml Bounding box of the study area.
Files
db.txt
Files
(6.4 MB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:a41dea2a7ac4db60bdc05b9e33f06979
|
6.4 MB | Preview Download |
|
md5:3d2743f0e81393c8614693f13bae818c
|
616 Bytes | Download |
Additional details
References
- Delattre, P., Giraudoux, P., Baudry, J., Quere, J.P., Fichet, E., 1996. Effect of landscape structure on Common Vole (Microtus arvalis) distribution and abundance at several space scales. Landscape Ecology 11, 279–288.
- Delattre, P., De Sousa, B., Fichet, E., Quéré, J.P., Giraudoux, P., 1999. Vole outbreaks in a landscape context: evidence from a six year study of Microtus arvalis. Landscape Ecology 14, 401–412.
- Quéré, J.P., Raoul, F., Giraudoux, P., Delattre, P., 2000. An index method applicable at landscape scale to estimate relative population densities of the common vole (Microtus arvalis). Revue d'Ecologie (Terre et Vie) 55, 25–32.