Does mobility or sex of voles affect risk of predation by mammalian predators?

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 226-232

  Norrdahl, Kai ^a   Orpimäki, Erkki K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Microtus agrestis; Microtus rossiaemeridionalis; Mobility; Mustela erminea; Mustela nivalis; Natural selection; Population dynamics; Predation risk; Selective predation

Indexed keywords

MOBILITY; PREDATION RISK; RODENT; SEASONALITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MICROTUS ROSSIAEMERIDIONALIS; MURIDAE; MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELA NIVALIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031656685     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0226:DMOSOV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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