El Nino-southern oscillation-driven rainfall variability and delayed density dependence cause rodent outbreaks in western South America: Linking demography and population dynamics

American Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 476-491

  Lima, Mauricio ^a   Keymer, Juan E ^b   Jaksic, Fabian M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Delayed density dependence; Demography; ENSO; Rodent outbreaks

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFALL; RODENT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033029436     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303191     Document Type: Article

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