Synchrony in lemming and vole populations in the Canadian Arctic

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1323-1333

  Krebs, Charles J ^a   Kenney, Alice J ^a   Gilbert, Scott ^b   Danell, Kjell ^c   Angerbjörn, Anders ^d   Erlinge, Sam ^e   Bromley, Robert G ^f   Shank, Chris ^g   Carriere, Suzanne ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b YUKON COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Whole Arctic Consulting   (Canada)

^g Natural Resources Service   (Canada)

^h Govt of the Northwest Territories ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LEMMING;

BIODIVERSITY;

POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; SYNCHRONY;

CANADA;

MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036922033     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z02-120     Document Type: Article

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