Brandt’s Voles Trim Tall Grass to Watch Predatory Birds, Study Shows

A steppe-dwelling rodent species known as the Brandt’s vole (Lasiopodomys brandtii) actively modifies habitat construction by chopping down a big, unpalatable species of bunchgrass within the presence of shrikes, a habits that disappeared when these avian predators have been excluded experimentally. The Brandt’s vole is a steppe-dwelling species of rodent within the household Cricetidae. This species is […]