Mechanisms of apparent competition in seasonal environments: An example with vole herbivory

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 276-288

  Hambäck, Peter A ^a   Ekerholm, Per ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT COMPETITION; GREY-SIDED VOLE; HERBIVORY; PLANT-PLANT INTERACTION; SEASONAL ENVIRONMENT;

AVENA; CLETHRIONOMYS RUFOCANUS; MURIDAE; MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 0345548033     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546596     Document Type: Article

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