The influence of soil temperature on nest-site selection by the semifossorial pine vole (Microtus pinetorum) was examined by presenting the voles with a dichotomous choice in soil temperature (19 C vs ...

Swihart offered pine voles a selection of tree roots to eat in the laboratory, and they overwhelmingly gravitated toward oak roots. Voles caused more than twice as much damage to white oak roots than ...

Voles live in large colonies and are voracious feeders. The pine vole prefers a diet of bark, bulbs, roots, tubers and grass. In the colder months, roots and bark are their main source of food.

Two voles species are common in our area, the pine vole and the meadow vole. Pine voles feed primarily on the roots below ground while meadow voles prefer to feed on bark above the soil line.

Meadow voles prefer dry baits, whereas pine voles prefer fleshy baits. For specifics on how to construct a PVC pipe bait station, contact your extension office at 609-625-0056 and ask for the Fact ...

The head and body length for both is 3½–5 inches; the pine vole has a tail that is half as long as that of the prairie vole. Voles make tunnels near the surface of the ground.

Swihart offered pine voles a selection of tree roots to eat in the laboratory, and they overwhelmingly gravitated toward oak roots. Voles caused more than twice as much damage to white oak roots ...

Missing LynxG O O D N E W S NOT DEAD YET From the gloom of this year’s I.U.C.N. Red List of Threatened Species emerges one point of light: the Bavarian pine vole. Previously declared to be ...

The influence of mediterranean pine vole (Microtus (Terricola) duodecimcostatus) mound-building activity in two Western Spanish Pyrenees plant communities (Mesobromion erecti and Festucion ...

The vole truth about garden pestsThe most common species in the state, Dickson said, is the red-backed vole, named for the reddish-brown color of their fur, but there are two other species in the ...

Steph Sosinski, from the UNH Cooperative Extension, shares tips on how to protect your property from voles.