Notes on the Forest Phenacomys

Walker, Alex

doi:10.1093/jmammal/11.2.233

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“…This was especially the case regarding the large numbers of voles collected in Oregon near Tillamook, Molalla, Newburg, Corvallis, and Monroe. These locations were all favorite collection sites where Alex Walker (1928Walker ( , 1930, Doug Bake (Forsman and Swingle 2010), Harry Schoenborn (Maser 1966, Olterman 1972, Stanley Jewett (1920Jewett ( , 1930, Percy Clifton (1960), Chris Maser (1966), and Murray…”

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Tree voles: an evaluation of their distribution and habitat relationships based on recent and historical studies, habitat models, and vegetation change

Forsman¹,

Swingle²,

Davis³

et al. 2016

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Tree voles: an evaluation of their distribution and habitat relationships based on recent and historical studies, habitat models, and vegetation change

Forsman¹,

Swingle²,

Davis³

et al. 2016

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“…The terpene resins that tree voles ingest in whole needles likely contribute to host recognition and reinforcement of their strong host specificity. We and others (Walker 1930;Clifton 1960;M. Johnson, unpublished notes) have noted that captive tree voles raised from infancy on one species of conifer may reject needles from other species and may starve if suddenly switched to a diet of needles from an unfamiliar species.…”

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“…In addition to being the only truly arboreal Microtine rodent, tree voles are an important food source for many small mammals and birds, including weasels and owls (Forsman et al 1984(Forsman et al , 2004Graham and Mires 2005;Swingle 2005). While they are primarily a resident of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) forests, a small subset of the tree vole population in coastal northwest Oregon live and feed almost exclusively in forests of Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) and Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) (Walker 1928(Walker , 1930Clifton 1960). Occasionally they will utilize Grand fir (Abies grandis), Bishop Pine (Pinus muricata) or Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata) canopies for food and nesting sites, especially in California (Wooster and Town 2002;Forsman and Swingle unpublished data, L. Diller personal communication).…”

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Terpenoid Resin Distribution in Conifer Needles with Implications for Red Tree Vole, <em>Arborimus longicaudus</em>, Foraging

2009

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Tree voles are dietary specialists, feeding almost exclusively on conifer needles and bark. They reduce their exposure to conifer chemical defenses by physically removing resin ducts from many needles before ingesting the remaining tissue. The portion of needle removed differs among tree species, depending on the location of the resin ducts. To evaluate the amount of resin avoided by this behavior we removed the resin ducts from Douglas-fir, Western Hemlock, and Sitka Spruce needles and used gas chromatography to compare volatile resin concentrations in needles with and without the resin ducts removed. Needle tissues without resin ducts contained no terpenoid resin, demonstrating that tree voles can regulate the nutritional quality of their diet by controlling the amount of resin ingested. We suggest that differences in the physical structure (and possibly chemical composition of terpenes) of the needles make it difficult for voles to easily switch between tree hosts.

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“…For example, Walker (1928Walker ( , 1930) collected a number of tree voles on Cape Lookout and Cape Meares and a logger (D Bake) collected 98 tree voles while harvesting old-growth and mature forests in Tillamook and Lincoln Counties in 1966-1977(Forsman and Swingle 2010. Another logger (R Brown), collected a tree vole near Saddle Mountain in 1967 (University of Puget Sound Slater Museum Specimen PSM23927), and Forsman and others (2004) found remains of 2 tree voles in pellets collected from Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) near Jewell in Clatsop County.…”

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Distribution and Abundance of Tree Voles in the Northern Coast Ranges of Oregon

Price¹,

Mowdy²,

Swingle³

et al. 2015

Northwestern Naturalist

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We sampled 86 randomly selected survey plots to evaluate the distribution and abundance of Red Tree Voles (Arborimus longicaudus) on the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests in the northern Coast Ranges of Oregon in 2011-2013. We conducted surveys by visually searching for tree vole nests while walking along 500 m of transect in each plot. Trees with potential nest structures were climbed to determine if the structures were tree vole nests. We found tree vole nests in only 4 random plots, all of which were located near the coast, at the western edge of the Tillamook State Forest. Of 33 tree vole nests located, 20 (61%) were in old forests ($80 y old), and 13 (39%) were in 1 plot in a young forest that was 65 y old. We concluded that tree voles were absent from most of the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests, probably due to the fact that most of the area was either logged or burned in the early 1900s, and subsequently intensively managed on short rotations. We also suggest that remnant stands of old forest on Bureau of Land Management and state lands are acting as source populations from which tree voles populate adjacent young forests. Cuttings found in nests provided evidence that most of the voles were feeding on needles of Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) or Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis).

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Notes on the Forest Phenacomys

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Tree voles: an evaluation of their distribution and habitat relationships based on recent and historical studies, habitat models, and vegetation change

Tree voles: an evaluation of their distribution and habitat relationships based on recent and historical studies, habitat models, and vegetation change

Terpenoid Resin Distribution in Conifer Needles with Implications for Red Tree Vole, <em>Arborimus longicaudus</em>, Foraging

Distribution and Abundance of Tree Voles in the Northern Coast Ranges of Oregon

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