The Demography of Clethrionomys rufocanus: From Mathematical and Statistical Models to Further Field Studies

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-121

  Yoccoz, Nigel G ^a,b   Nakata, Keisuke ^a,c   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a,d   Saitoh, Takashi ^a,e  

^a CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c HOKKAIDO FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age structured models; Capture recapture; Elasticity; Seasonality; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000135737     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765226     Document Type: Article

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