Effect of weather variables on the population fluctuation of muroid Calomys venustus in central Argentina

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 385-391

  Castellarini, Fabiana ^a   Provensal, Cecilia ^b   Polop, Jaime ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Extrinsic factors; Overwinters; Population dynamics; Precipitation; Small mammals; Temperature; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHER;

ARGENTINA;

CALOMYS; CALOMYS VENUSTUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036914290     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(02)01171-2     Document Type: Article

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