Effects of female kin groups on reproduction and demography in the gray-tailed vole, Microtus canicaudus

Oikos

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 153-159

  Dalton, Christine L ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

MICROTUS CANICAUDUS; MURIDAE; POACEAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033865576     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.900115.x     Document Type: Article

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