Is the heart of Fennoscandian rodent cycle still beating? A 14-year study of small mammals and Tengmalm's owls in northern Norway

Ecography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-87

  Strann, Karl Birger ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^a   Ims, Rolf A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PERIODICITY; POPULATION CYCLE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SMALL MAMMAL;

NORWAY;

MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0036488438     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2002.250109.x     Document Type: Article

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