Discontinuous habitat corridors: Effects on male root vole movements

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 555-560

  Andreassen, Harry P ^a   Ims, Rolf A ^a   Steinset, Ole Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

connectivity; Microtus; movement corridor; movement ecology; strain specificity; structural discontinuities

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; GAP SIZE;

MICROTUS OECONOMUS;

EID: 0030304554     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404984     Document Type: Article

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