Winter herbivory by voles during a population peak: The relative importance of local factors and landscape pattern

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 544-553

  Hambäck, Peter A ^a,b   Schneider, Michael ^a   Oksanen, Tarja ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Clethrionomys rufocanus; Ideal free habitat choice; Spatially explicit models; Vaccinium myrtillus; Wintering habitat choice

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; HERBIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLE; WINTER;

NORWAY;

CLETHRIONOMYS RUFOCANUS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 0031858383     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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