Demography of Montane Voles in Old Field and Orchard Habitats in Southern British Columbia

Northwest Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 228-236

  Sullivan, Thomas P ^a   Sullivan, Druscilla S ^a   Hogue, Eugene J ^b  

^a Applied Mammal Research Institute   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; OLD FIELD; ORCHARD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT;

CANADA;

MICROTUS MONTANUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0142086465     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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