Population growth and habitat distribution in cyclic small rodents: To expand or to change?

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 345-350

  Hansson, Lennart ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clethrionomys; Habitat selection; Microtus; Population cycles; Survival

Indexed keywords

CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MICROTUS; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030806584     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050319     Document Type: Article

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