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单词 field vole
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Definition of field vole in English:

field vole

noun
  • A vole with a dark shaggy coat and short tail, found abundantly in the grasslands of northern Eurasia.

    Microtus arvalis, family Muridae

    Also called short-tailed vole
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the time of laying, Ural Owls mainly feed on field voles and bank voles.
    • We have a well-stocked river and even field voles.
    • British Waterways said a number of habitat piles were created from branches and larger logs and have been left for birds and small mammals, such as thrushes, blackbirds, finches, bats and field voles.
    • To all intents and purposes he seemed asleep but his acute hearing would be attuned for the rustling of a field vole moving through the grass.
    • Lambin et al. gave evidence of traveling waves during 3-4 - yr population cycles of field voles in north Britain.
    • For X chromosome sequences, nucleotide diversity was in the range of 1.6 x 10-4 to 8.0 x 10-4 (field vole).
    • The disappearance of the short tailed field voles, normally so hugely plentiful, had left a massive hole in his food supply.
    • This habitat attracts many small mammals, including the field vole, the barn owl's favorite prey.
    • Biologists estimate that two billion field voles were born in Britain last year.
    • Other animals that may carry and transmit the disease include beavers, muskrats, water and field voles, water and wood rats, squirrels, and lemmings.
    • The diet includes small birds, but the main food consists of short-tailed field voles.
    • Pokki finds a similar effect in a field vole metapopulation inhabiting an archipelago.
    • This owl has a preference for field voles, as the eagle owl has for rabbits.
    • Of course, you don't find many field voles wielding SLR cameras.
 
 
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