Density-dependence in habitat utilisation by wood mice in a Sitka spruce successional mosaic: The roles of immigration, emigration, and variation among local demographic parameters

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 397-405

  Fernandez, Fernando A S ^a,b   Dunstone, Nigel ^a   Evans, Peter R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EMIGRATION; HABITAT USE; IMMIGRATION; RODENT; SUCCESSION; WOODLAND;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0033306709     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-228     Document Type: Article

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