Assessing the impact of owl predation on the growth rate of a rodent prey population

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 103, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 123-134

  Kittlein, Marcelo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Matrix models; Owl predation; Population dynamics; Rodent prey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030713355     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(97)00078-1     Document Type: Article

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