Population cycles and spatial patterns in snowshoe hares: An individual-oriented simulation

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-222

  Bascompte, Jordi ^a   Solé, Ricard V ^b   Martínez, Norbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLY; POPULATION CYCLE; SNOWSHOE HARE; SPATIAL PATTERN;

ARTICLE; FOOD; HARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031582631     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0430     Document Type: Article

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