So, what do we know and what do we need to know more about the population ecology of the vole Clethrionomys rufocanus?

摘要

The purpose of this Special Feature on the population ecology of Clethrionomys rufocanus (Sundevall, 1846) has been to assess our knowledge on the spatiotemporal dynamics in this vole species in Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. Beside reviewing and summarizing our understanding of the species in Hokkaido, we have throughout been aiming at viewing the obtained insight both within a general framework of microtine rodent ecology as well as within ecology in a more general context (see, e.g. Stenseth et al. 1998a). In this concluding paper, we try pulling together what we know about the population ecology of C. rufocanus and where we most profitably ought to move next.