Fox predation on cyclic field vole populations in Britain

Ecography

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 575-581

  O'Mahony, Declan ^a   Lambin, Xavier ^a   MacKinnon, James L ^a   Coles, Chris F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CANIDAE; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; PICEA; RODENTIA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0345363115     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1999.tb00546.x     Document Type: Article

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