Spatio-temporal dynamics of the grey-sided vole in Hokkaido: Identifying coupling using state-based Markov-chain modelling

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1513, 2003, Pages 435-445

  Haydon, D T ^a   Greenwood, P E ^b,c   Stenseth, N Chr ^d   Saitoh, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clethrionomys rufocanus; Grey sided vole; Hokkaido; Markov chain; Moran effect; Population cycles; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

MARKOV CHAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONY;

ARTICLE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; VOLE;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS RUFOCANUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037460718     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2230     Document Type: Article

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