A perplexing outbreak of mice in Patagonia, Argentina

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 187-200

  Pearson, Oliver P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrothrix longipilis; Argentina; Breeding season; Mouse outbreak; Oligoryzomys longicaudatus; Patagonia; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABROTHRIX LONGIPILIS; OLIGORYZOMYS LONGICAUDATUS;

EID: 0036970811     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/snfe.37.3.187.8563     Document Type: Article

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