Optimal width of movement corridors for root voles: Not too narrow and not too wide

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-70

  Andreassen, Harry P ^a   Halle, Stefan ^a   Ims, Rolf Anker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Corridor design; Microtus; Movement ecology

Indexed keywords

MICROTUS SPP.; MICROTUS OECONOMUS;

CORRIDOR WIDTH; HABITAT CORRIDOR; MOVEMENT CORRIDOR; ROOT VOLE;

EID: 0029668175     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405016     Document Type: Article

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