An estimate of the impact of predators on the British Field Vole Microtus agrestis population

Mammal Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 165-184

  Dyczkowski, Jerzy ^a,b   Yalden, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RODENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CANIDAE; FELIS CATUS; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0032454423     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2907.1998.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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