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Seasonality, density dependence, and population cycles in Hokkaido voles.


ABSTRACT: Voles and lemmings show extensive variation in population dynamics regulated across and within species. In an attempt to develop and test generic hypotheses explaining these differences, we studied 84 populations of the gray-sided vole (Clethrionomys rufocanus) in Hokkaido, Japan. We show that these populations are limited by a combination of density-independent factors (such as climate) and density-dependent processes (such as specialist predators). We show that density-dependent regulation primarily occurs in winter months, so that populations experiencing longer winters tend to have a stronger delayed density-dependence and, as a result, exhibit regular density cycles. Altogether, we demonstrate that seasonality plays a key role in determining whether a vole population is cyclic or not.

SUBMITTER: Stenseth NC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC208783 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Seasonality, density dependence, and population cycles in Hokkaido voles.

Stenseth Nils Chr NC   Viljugrein Hildegunn H   Saitoh Takashi T   Hansen Thomas F TF   Kittilsen Marte O MO   Bølviken Erik E   Glöckner Fredrik F  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20030922 20


Voles and lemmings show extensive variation in population dynamics regulated across and within species. In an attempt to develop and test generic hypotheses explaining these differences, we studied 84 populations of the gray-sided vole (Clethrionomys rufocanus) in Hokkaido, Japan. We show that these populations are limited by a combination of density-independent factors (such as climate) and density-dependent processes (such as specialist predators). We show that density-dependent regulation pri  ...[more]

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