Age- and sex-specific responses of the gray-tailed vole, Microtus canicaudus, to connected and unconnected habitat patches

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 864-870

  Davis Born, Renee ^a   Wolff, Jerry O ^b  

^a Biosystems   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; PATCH USE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RODENT;

MICROTUS CANICAUDUS;

EID: 0033873216     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-78-5-864     Document Type: Article

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