Asynchronous population dynamics of Siberian lemmings across the Palaearctic tundra

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 493-500

  Erlinge, Sam ^a   Danell, Kjell ^b   Frodin, Peter ^a   Hasselquist, Dennis ^a   Nilsson, Patric ^a   Olofsson, Eva Britt ^b   Svensson, Mikael ^a  

^a Ecology Building   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cyclic dynamics; Lemmus sibiricus; Palaearctic tundra; Regional asynchronous fluctuations

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; SYNCHRONY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

COLA; KOLA; LEMMUS SIBIRICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033002980     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050812     Document Type: Article

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