Intraspecific variation in dynamics: Small rodents between food and predation in changing landscapes

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 159-169

  Hansson, Lennart ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR; RODENT;

CANIDAE; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELIDAE; RAPTORES; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033061275     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546581     Document Type: Article

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