Movement of meadow voles in response to food and density manipulations: A test of the food-defense and pup-defense hypotheses

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 337-345

  Fortier, Gary M ^a,b   Tamarin, Robert H ^a,c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Food availability; Microtus; Movement distance; Space use; Voles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000700137     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382870     Document Type: Article

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