Seasonal variations of diet composition in farmland field mice Apodemus spp. and bank voles Clethrionomys glareolus

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 379-389

  Abt, Kai F ^a,b   Bock, Walter F ^b  

^a Forschungs und Technologie Zentrum Westküste   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apodemus flavicollis; Apodemus sylvaticus; Clethrionomys glareolus; Dietary overlap; Farmland; Food habits

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DIET; RODENT; SEASONALITY;

GERMANY;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; FAGUS; FUNGI; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; SECALE CEREALE; VERTEBRATA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0032424624     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.98-49     Document Type: Article

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