So, What do We Know and What do We Need to Know more about the Population Ecology of the Vole Clethrionomys rufocanus?

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 153-158

  Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a,c   Saitoh, Takashi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Norway)

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EID: 0001429852     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765235     Document Type: Article

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