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15/02/2015

The Wood Mice of Wytham

BBC Radio 4 - Living World, The Wood Mice of Wytham

Trai Anfield visits Wytham Woods, where wood mice have been studied since 1943.

Trai Anfield visits Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire, where wood mice, a vital part of woodland ecology, have been studied since 1943.

In the company of Marc Brouard and Nigel Fisher, Conservator of Wytham Woods, Trai Anfield hears how these small mammals have a vital role to play in the ecology of the woodland. 

Wytham Woods, is reputedly, the most studied woodland in World. Marc Brouard is the latest in a long line of scientific researchers to undertake field studies on small mammals. In 1943 Charles Elton, known as 'the father of modern ecology', studied wood mice and bank voles and his work was followed up by H.N. Southern who examined the impact of predation by tawny owls on populations of small mammals. Marc aims to understand how the characteristics of individual wood mice and bank voles can affect the survival of each species.

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