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Thu Sep 6, 2012, 08:08 AM Sep 2012

Water voles wander across 'fragmented' Scottish habitat

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19503827


Voles' survival strategies hint at what to expect in increasingly fragmented natural habitats



Scottish water voles have been found to travel enormous distances, enabling them to persist in fragmented habitats.

The large rodents travel around bogs, lochs and moors in order to join, or establish, new colonies.

Although the findings were based on a species adapted to a "patchy" environment, the work could help biologists understand how habitat fragmentation may affect other animals.
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