Social behavior, reproduction and demography of the prairie vole, microtus ochrogaster

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-118

  Getz, L L ^a   McGuire, B ^b   Carter, C S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Microtus ochrogaster; Population fluctuations; Prairie vole; Social organization

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; OCHROGASTER; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0043199409     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2003.9522676     Document Type: Article

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