Population dynamics of small mammals in semi-arid regions: A comparative study of demographic variability in two rodent species

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1528, 2003, Pages 1997-2007

  Lima, Mauricio ^a   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^b   Leirs, Herwig ^c,d   Jaksic, Fabián M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Africa; Applied consequences; Between year variability; Evolutionary consequences; Seasonality; South America

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SURVIVAL;

CHILE; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; PHYLLOTIS; PHYLLOTIS DARWINI; RODENTIA;

EID: 0141751734     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2448     Document Type: Article

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