Mast seeding and population dynamics of rodents: One factor is not enough

Oikos

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 591-594

  Hansson, Lennart ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; SEED PRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031873561     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546378     Document Type: Article

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