Solitude versus gregariousness: Do physical benefits drive the choice in overwintering meadow voles?

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 330-336

  Berteaux, Dominique ^a   Bergeron, Jean Marie ^a   Thomas, Donald W ^a   Lapierre, Hélène ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREGARIOUSNESS; OVERWINTERING;

MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS;

EID: 0030304553     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546205     Document Type: Article

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