Foraging behaviour of the root vole Microtus oeconomus in fragmented habitats

Oecologia

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 236-244

  Hovland, Nina ^a   Andreassen, Harry P ^a   Ims, Rolf A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Edge habitat; Foraging behaviour; Habitat fragmentation; Matrix habitat; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RODENT;

MICROTUS OECONOMUS;

EID: 0032749618     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050925     Document Type: Article

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