Field Vole

Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus 1761)

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Microtus agrestis (Field Vole) is a species of rodents in the family cricetids . They are found in the palearctic. They are herbivores. Individuals are known to live for 4.8 years.

URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099

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EOL has data for 33 attributes, including:

animal population density
- URI: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/2383-1863
- Definition: Number of animals in a population relative to space.
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1948.7
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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eurasia
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5401
- Definition: Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan.
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geographic range (size of area)
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/GeographicRangeArea
- Definition: The total extent of the geographic range of an organism.
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9734297.52
habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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anthropogenic habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002031
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home range
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/HomeRange
- Definition: Size of the area within which everyday activities of individuals or groups (of any type) are typically restricted.
- Attribution: Kate E. Jones, Jon Bielby, Marcel Cardillo, Susanne A. Fritz, Justin O'Dell, C. David L. Orme, Kamran Safi, Wes Sechrest, Elizabeth H. Boakes, Chris Carbone, Christina Connolly, Michael J. Cutts, Janine K. Foster, Richard Grenyer, Michael Habib, Christopher A. Plaster, Samantha A. Price, Elizabeth A. Rigby, Janna Rist, Amber Teacher, Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds, John L. Gittleman, Georgina M. Mace, and Andy Purvis. 2009. PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals. Ecology 90:2648. http://esapubs.org/archive/ecol/E090/184/
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0.000761362
inter-birth interval
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/InterBirthInterval
- Definition: The length of time between successive births of a female.
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20.26
litters per year
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/LittersPerYear
- Definition: Number of litters per female per year
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3.5
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Stable
prenatal development duration
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PrenatalDevelopmentDuration
- Definition: The duration of the development from fertilized, deposited or implanted egg to hatching/birth. Corresponds to egg incubation duration in oviparous animals and to gestation period duration in viviparous animals.
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21 days
primary diet
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PrimaryDiet
- Attribution: Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109
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leaves
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0025034
- Definition: phyllomes not associated with a reproductive structure
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temperature in geographic range
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0.446
weaning age
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/WeaningAge
- Definition: Age when primary nutritional dependency on the mother ends and independent foraging begins to make a major contribution to the offspring’s energy requirements.
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13.9

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Field vole. View this species on GBIF

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