Effects of vegetative cover on the population dynamics of meadow voles

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 857-869

  Peles, John D ^a   Barrett, Gary W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

dispersal; food quality; meadow vole; Microtus pennsylvanicus; patch quality; population dynamics; vegetative cover

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029862336     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382691     Document Type: Article

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