Population fluctuations of voles in North Fennoscandian tundra: Contrasting dynamics in adjacent areas with different habitat composition

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 463-478

  Oksanen, Tarja ^a   Schneider, Michael ^a   Rammul, Üllar ^b   Hambäck, Peter ^a   Aunapuu, Maano ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT;

EUROPE; FENNOSCANDIA;

BETULA NANA; CLETHRIONOMYS RUFOCANUS; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE; MUSTELIDAE; MYRTILLUS; RODENTIA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 0032828324     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546651     Document Type: Article

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