Effect of supplemental food on a cyclic Clethrionomys glareolus population at peak density

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 383-394

  Löfgren, Ola ^a,b   Hörnfeldt, Birger ^a   Eklund, Ulf ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

body mass; Clethrionomys glareolus; density; food supplementation; voles

Indexed keywords

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; HELIANTHUS; MURIDAE;

DENSITY;

EID: 0030298985     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.96-37     Document Type: Article

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