Population dynamics of small rodents in the southern boreal forest as influenced by furbearer harvest

Ecoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 379-386

  Etcheverry, Pierre ^a   Ouellet, Jean Pierre ^a   Crête, Michel ^a,b   Richer, Marie Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal; Carnivores; Density; Furbearer trapping; Population dynamics; Predation; Regulation; Small mammals; Survival; Trophic dominance

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION REGULATION; PREDATOR; RODENT; SMALL MAMMAL;

AVES; CERVIDAE; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI; CRICETINAE; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 12344319568     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2004.11682845     Document Type: Article

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