Recruitment sex ratios in gray-tailed voles (Microtus canicaudus) in response to density, sex ratio, and season

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1306-1311

  Bond, Monica L ^a   Wolff, Jerry O ^b   Krackow, Sven ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MONITORING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

ECOLOGY;

POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO;

MICROTUS; MICROTUS CANICAUDUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344286937     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-116     Document Type: Article

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