Determinants of reproductive success in voles: Space use in relation to food and litter size manipulation

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 455-467

  Jonsson, Pernilla ^a   Hartikainen, Tommi ^b   Koskela, E S A ^b   Mappes, Tapio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clethrionomys; Food limitation; Litter size manipulation; Microtus; Reproductive success; Spacing behaviour; Territoriality; Voles

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; LITTER SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SPACE USE; TERRITORIALITY;

CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036426263     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020854525220     Document Type: Article

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