Effects of density and season on the population rate of change in the meadow vole

Oikos

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 355-361

  Turchin, Peter ^a   Ostfeld, Richard S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MEADOW VOLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY;

MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS;

EID: 0030620799     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546303     Document Type: Article

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