Predator-prey relationships: Arctic foxes and lemmings

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-49

  Angerbjörn, Anders ^a   Tannerfeldt, Magnus ^a   Erlinge, Sam ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic; Cycles; Functional response; Numerical response; Tundra

Indexed keywords

DIET; LITTER SIZE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

DICROSTONYX TORQUATUS; LEMMUS SIBIRICUS;

EID: 0032925599     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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