Does Animal Personality Affect Movement in Habitat Corridors? Experiments with Common Voles (<i>Microtus arvalis</i>) Using Different Corridor Widths

Does Animal Personality Affect Movement in Habitat Corridors? Experiments with Common Voles (<i>Microtus arvalis</i>) Using Different Corridor Widths

Animal personality may affect an animal&#8217;s mobility in a given landscape, influencing its propensity to take risks in an unknown environment. We investigated the mobility of translocated common voles in two corridor systems 60 m in length and differing in width (1 m and 3 m). Voles were beh...

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Main Authors: Gabriele Joanna Kowalski, Volker Grimm, Antje Herde, Anja Guenther, Jana A. Eccard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
activity
animal personality
wildlife corridors
habitat connectivity
individual differences
rodents
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/6/291

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