Population dynamics of rice rats (a Hantavirus reservoir) in southern Chile: Feedback structure and non-linear effects of climatic oscillations

Oikos

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 137-145

  Murúa, Roberto ^a   González, Luz A ^a   Lima, Mauricio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISEASE VECTOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION REGULATION; RODENT; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

CHILE;

HANTAVIRUS; OLIGORYZOMYS; OLIGORYZOMYS LONGICAUDATUS; ORYZOMYS; ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS NATATOR; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037662889     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12226.x     Document Type: Article

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