Cyclic dynamics of eastern Canadian ermine populations

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 835-839

  Johnson, Donald R ^a,c   Swanson, Bradley J ^a   Eger, Judith L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLICITY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MUSTELID; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY;

(EAST); CANADA;

MUSTELA ERMINEA;

EID: 0033902607     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z00-011     Document Type: Article

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