An index method of estimating relative population densities of the Common Vole (Microtus arvalis) at landscape scale

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-32

  Quere J P ^a   Raoul, F ^b   Giraudoux, P ^b   Delattre, P ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT;

MICROTUS ARVALIS;

EID: 0142074993     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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