The Population Dynamics of the Vole Clethrionomys rufocanus in Hokkaido, Japan

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-76

  Saitoh, Takashi ^a,b   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^b,c   Bjørnstad, Ottar N ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cycle; Density dependence; Geographic gradient; Population variability; Regional synchrony; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002690547     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765222     Document Type: Article

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