MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Microtus montanus

Accepted taxon: Microtus montanus
Taxon:	Microtus montanus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| MYOMORPHA \| Muroidea \| Cricetidae \| Arvicolinae \| Microtus \| Mynomes
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Fig.1 - Ternary plot of the proximate analysis for the Microtus montanus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 19, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 58, CP (Crude Protein) 12, EE (Ether Extract) 4. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Microtus montanus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Poaceae	STEM	25.00	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	STEM	21.43	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	17.86	Damuth, J…
Lilianae	ROOT	17.86	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	14.29	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	3.57	Damuth, J…

^a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Microtus montanus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser,Herbivore-Grazer	Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	Brian K. …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Microtus montanus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	13	-	90	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Microtus montanus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	McNab, B.…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	10	10	-	-	-	82	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	4	4	-	-	-	90	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	3	3	-	-	-	71	-	-	Genoud, M…

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Microtus montanus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Microtus montanus	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Microtus montanus	Kelt,D. A., 1996, Community structure of desert small mammals: comparisons across four continents, Ecology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Microtus montanus	Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Microtus montanus	McNab, B.K., 2008. An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 151(1), pp.5-28.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Microtus montanus	Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Microtus montanus	Freudenthal, M. and Martín-Suárez, E., 2013. Estimating body mass of fossil rodents. Scripta Geologica, 145, pp.1-513.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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