Vole attack
May 18, 2012 – 9:06 pm
We were monitoring plants in our freshly melted tundra plots and we noticed that this Eriophorum had signs of herbivory.
The vegetation and organic material had been turned into hay piles by a vole.
Then, like Kane, as we stood up and looked around, we realized they were EVERYWHERE.
2 Responses to “Vole attack”
Oh, no! How badly did they mess up the plots?
I never thought of voles as horror-movie fodder before….
By Sadie on May 20, 2012
Well, they took out a couple tussocks in one of the OTCs, so that’s a bit of an impact. Other than that, we should be able to avoid the tussocks they turned into hay piles in the rest of the plot. They probably got about a quarter of the plot.
By Anthony on May 21, 2012