Population variability among three small mammal species in the semiarid Neotropics: The role of density-dependent and density-independent factors

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-180

  Lima, Mauricio ^a   Jaksic, Fabian M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SMALL MAMMAL;

CHILE;

ABROTHRIX OLIVACEUS; AKODON; AKODON OLIVACEUS; AKODON OLIVEACEUS; MAMMALIA; PHYLLOTIS DARWINI; THYLAMYS ELEGANS;

EID: 0031862037     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00671.x     Document Type: Article

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