Vole-induced regular fluctuations in the Estonian owl populations

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-178

  Lõhmus, Asko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TRANSITION ZONE;

ESTONIA;

ESTONIA;

EID: 0345583672     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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