Density dependence in voles and mice: A comparative study

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 638-650

  Saitoh, Takashi ^a,b   Bjørnstad, Ottar N ^c,d   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^b,c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Det Norske Videnskaps Akademi   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apodemus argenteus; Apodemus speciosus; Clethrionomys rufocanus; Density dependence, direct and delayed; Hokkaido (Japan); Predation; Social regulation

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RODENT;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

APODEMUS ARGENTEUS; APODEMUS SPECIOSUS; CLETHRIONOMYS RUFOCANUS;

EID: 0032982588     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0638:DDIVAM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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