Mouse population eruptions in New Zealand forests: The role of population density and seedfall

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1058-1070

  Choquenot, David ^a   Ruscoe, Wendy A ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Mice; Population eruption; Predation; Rate of increase

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION OUTBREAK; RODENT; SEED PRODUCTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

FAGUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034490656     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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