Changes in habitat and in quality of food intake after a summer of grazing by fenced voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-113

  Bergeron, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SELECTION; GRAZING; HABITAT QUALITY; MEADOW VOLE; METHOD EVALUATION;

MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS;

EID: 0030863619     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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