caa a22 4500 606164839 CHVBK 20210128100650.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10144-015-0504-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10144-015-0504-3 Long-term pattern of population dynamics in the field vole from central Europe: cyclic pattern with amplitude dampening [Elektronische Daten] [Ana Gouveia, Vladimír Bejček, Jiří Flousek, František Sedláček, Karel Šťastný, Jan Zima, Nigel Yoccoz, Nils Stenseth, Emil Tkadlec] The subject of population cycles is regarded as controversial due to a number of unsettled questions such as whether or not cyclic patterns are governed by the same processes at high and low latitudes in Europe. Recent evidence suggests that the dynamics at high and low latitudes share the common temporal pattern of vole dynamics referred to as collapsing population cycles. Despite concurrent interest, the key contention around the causal mechanisms that drive population cycles remains a hot topic in ecology. The aims of this study are to supplement information on the seasonal population dynamics of the field vole Microtus agrestis in the Czech Republic by analysing 25years of time series data. By applying robust estimation procedures, we estimated several parameters to describe population dynamics, such as population variability, amplitude dampening, cycle period, order of the dynamics and the structure of density dependence. The parameters indicate that field vole dynamics in central Europe are highly variable, cyclic dynamics of order two, with peaks in abundance occurring regularly at intervals of 4-5years. In addition to exhibiting population cycles, the field vole populations show a pattern of dampened amplitude as observed elsewhere in Europe, including northern latitudes. By analysing temporal trends in seasonal abundances, population growth rates and environmental temperatures, we did not obtain evidence to support the hypothesis that amplitude dampening results from the negative effect of increasingly mild winters on winter population growth rates. European Union, 2015 Density-dependence structure nationallicence Microtus agrestis nationallicence Population cycles nationallicence Time series analysis nationallicence Gouveia Ana Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Palacky University, Šlechtitelů 11, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic aut Bejček Vladimír Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic aut Flousek Jiří Krkonoše National Park Administration, Dobrovského 3, 543 01, Vrchlabí, Czech Republic aut Sedláček František Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic aut Šťastný Karel Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic aut Zima Jan Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic aut Yoccoz Nigel Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037, Tromsø, Norway aut Stenseth Nils Department of Biosciences, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), University of Oslo, Blindern, P.O. Box 1066, Oslo 3, Norway aut Tkadlec Emil Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Palacky University, Šlechtitelů 11, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic aut Population Ecology Springer Japan 57/4(2015-10-01), 581-589 1438-3896 57:4<581 2015 57 10144 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-015-0504-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-015-0504-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gouveia Ana Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Palacky University, Šlechtitelů 11, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bejček Vladimír Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Flousek Jiří Krkonoše National Park Administration, Dobrovského 3, 543 01, Vrchlabí, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sedláček František Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Šťastný Karel Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zima Jan Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yoccoz Nigel Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037, Tromsø, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stenseth Nils Department of Biosciences, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), University of Oslo, Blindern, P.O. Box 1066, Oslo 3, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tkadlec Emil Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Palacky University, Šlechtitelů 11, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Population Ecology Springer Japan 57/4(2015-10-01), 581-589 1438-3896 57:4<581 2015 57 10144