Long-distance homing in meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 870-873

  Ostfeld, Richard S ^a   Manson, Robert H ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

dispersal; long distance homing; meadow vole; Microtus pennsylvanicus; movement distances

Indexed keywords

MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS;

EID: 0029911930     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382692     Document Type: Article

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