Abundance dynamics and reproduction success in the common dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius, populations in Lithuania

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-248

  Juškaitis, Rimvydas ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Breeding; Lithuania; Muscardinus avellanarius; Population density; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT;

LITHUANIA;

MUSCARDINUS AVELLANARIUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0142091381     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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