vole

Converse of object

• protect: A more sensitive approach to riverbank management needs to be encouraged to protect water voles.
• catch: A male catching voles alongside the minibus on South Uist was mobbed by Swallows.
• spot: How to spot a vole The chances are you've never seen a water vole.
• include: A wonderful wetland habitat full of rare species, including water voles, has been created.

Adjective modifier

• short-tailed: Results: 1. The trapping of small mammals was not a success, despite John's catching a live short-tailed vole, our only triumph.
• endangered: The water course reveals the burrows of the endangered water vole.
• male: Male voles live along about 130 meters of water bank, while females have ranges about 70 meters long.
• female: Female water voles are only pregnant for 3 weeks!
• rare: Water vole Fishbourne stream is also home to the rare water vole.

Modifies a noun

• burrow: The female mink is just small enough to enter the water vole burrows, leaving the vole with no refuge.
• colony: If countryside managers and rangers know of water vole colonies in the project area we would love to hear from you.
• population: There has been a 63 % decline in water vole populations in the county over the past 7 years.
• habitat: Water vole habitat on Mar Lodge Estate, Cairngorms.
• conservation: Two key areas for water vole conservation have already been identified in the North East.
• sign: Four out of the 7 squares ( in Area 5 ) which were positive for water vole signs in 1999/2000 remain positive in 2005.

Noun used with modifier

• prairie: Its crucial role in sexual bonding has been observed by North American scientists studying the prairie vole.
• water: The water voles of Batley have received a welcome boost.
• meadow: The water vole resembles in many particulars the little meadow vole of the fields.
• bank: The bank vole is the smallest of the vole species in Britain.
• field: Field voles are most likely to cause problems where there is long grass to give cover.