Are female voles food limited? Effects of endophyte-infected tall fescue on home range size in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-71

  Fortier, G M ^a   Osmon, M A ^a   Roach, M ^a   Clay, K ^a  

^a Delaware Valley College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD QUALITY; HOME RANGE; RANGE SIZE; RODENT;

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM;

EID: 0034914743     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2001)146[0063:AFVFLE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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