Population dynamics of the northern short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda: Insights from a 25-year study

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1679-1686

  Getz, Lowell L ^a   Hofmann, Joyce E ^b   McGuire, Betty ^c   Oli, Madan K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); POPULATION STATISTICS;

ALFALFA GRASS; BLUEGRASS; POPULATION DENSITY; SHOT-TAILED SHRES;

BIODIVERSITY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

BLARINA BREVICAUDA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MURIDAE; POA;

EID: 16844366679     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-166     Document Type: Article

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