Dynamics of metapopulations of small mammals

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1014-1026

  Krohne, David T ^a  

^a WABASH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Landscape ecology; Mammalian population dynamics; Metapopulation

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0001119428     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383045     Document Type: Article

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