Small rodent population fluctuations: The effects of age structure and seasonality

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-210

  Tkadlec, Emil ^a   Zejda, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Age at first reproduction; Age structure; Clethrionomys glareolus; Microtine rodents; Population cycles; Population dynamics; Senescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031929239     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006583713042     Document Type: Article

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