Intrinsic and climatic determinants of population demography: The winter dynamics of tundra voles

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3449-3456

  Aars, Jon ^a   Ims, Rolf A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body mass; Density dependence; Microtus oeconomus; Norway; Population cycles; Sex ratio; Survival rate; Tundra vole; Winter climate

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; WINTER;

MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0038814768     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[3449:IACDOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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