The cost of habitat selection in prairie voles: An empirical assessment using isodar analysis

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 387-397

  Lin, Yu Teh K ^a   Batzli, George O ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of habitat selection; Density dependent habitat selection; Ideal free distribution; Isodar analysis; Microtus ochrogaster; Prairie voles

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT SELECTION; IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION; RODENT;

MICROTUS; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036397486     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020216502620     Document Type: Article

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