A Population Crash of the Red-backed Vole (Myodes gapperi) in Nova Scotia Inferred from Bycatch of the Long-tailed Shrew (Sorex dispar)

Aaron B. A. Shafer; Donald T. Stewart

doi:10.1656/1092-6194-15.4.626

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Aaron B. A. Shafer,^*,**,*** Donald T. Stewart^***

^**Corresponding author - shafer@ualberta.ca.
^**Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9, Canada.
^***Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, B4P 2R6, Canada.

Abstract

In 2006, we collected two Sorex dispar (Long-tailed Shrew) specimens from Mac-Donald Pond, NS, Canada, which is a range extension of this elusive species. Trapping data revealed significantly lower numbers of Myodes (= Clethrionomys) gapperi (Red-backed Vole) bycatch than expected based on previous studies. Red-backed Voles are the most common rodent found in Nova Scotia forests. Here we report an apparent population crash of Red-backed Voles in Nova Scotia, along with a closer examination of a Cape Breton Island population.

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Aaron B. A. Shafer and Donald T. Stewart "A Population Crash of the Red-backed Vole (Myodes gapperi) in Nova Scotia Inferred from Bycatch of the Long-tailed Shrew (Sorex dispar)," Northeastern Naturalist 15(4), 626-629, (1 December 2008). https://doi.org/10.1656/1092-6194-15.4.626

Published: 1 December 2008

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