Being high is better: Effects of elevation and habitat on arctic ground squirrel demography

Oikos

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-240

  Gillis, Elizabeth A ^a   Hik, David S ^a   Boonstra, Rudy ^b   Karels, Tim J ^c   Krebs, Charles J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ELEVATION; FECUNDITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YUKON TERRITORY;

AVES; MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS PARRYII; SPERMOPHILUS PARRYII PLESIUS;

EID: 13444256526     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13535.x     Document Type: Article

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